UAE says Houthi attack on ship in shipping lane was ‘act of terrorism’
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday Yemeni Houthi forces had attacked a UAE vessel in a strategic Red Sea shipping lane off the coast of Yemen at the weekend and called the incident an “act of terrorism.”
Colombia government, rebels in crisis talks after ‘no’ to peace deal
HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and Marxist guerrillas went back to the drawing board on Tuesday after a peace deal they painstakingly negotiated over four years was rejected in a shock referendum result.
India tries to hasten U.S. defense deals amid election uncertainty
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is trying to hasten a deal with the United States to buy Predator drone aircraft for military surveillance, one of several defense and nuclear projects the two sides are pursuing in the final months of the Obama administrati…
Honduras homicides set to fall; anti-crime drive wanes: report
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Murders in Honduras are on track to decline in 2016 even as the government’s military drive against organized crime is running out of steam, the Observatory of Violence at the National Autonomous University of Honduras said on T…
Leader of pro-Brexit UKIP party quits after 18 days
(Reuters) – Diane James resigned as the leader of the pro-Brexit UK Independence Party (UKIP) on Tuesday, citing personal and professional reasons, after 18 days in the role.
Philippine president would face obstacles in cutting U.S. arms reliance
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U.S. says strike in Yemen last week killed al Qaeda militant, wounded another
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One al Qaeda militant was killed and another wounded in a strike in Yemen’s Bayda province by the U.S. military on Sept. 29, U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday.
Bagel, pretzel show twists of Nobel Prize-winning work in physics
STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – Three British-born scientists won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for revealing unusual states of matter, leading to advances in electronics that could aid researchers trying to develop quantum computers.
Civilians killed by shelling in Libya’s Benghazi: hospital official
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – At least three civilians died and 12 were injured when shells landed in a residential area of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday, a hospital official said.
Presidential hopeful Macron slams French political class, outlines remedies
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – France is sick because politicians throw taxpayers money at problems instead of addressing them properly, presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday as he set out a first batch of ideas to reform the country’s p…
