Eleven premature babies killed in Baghdad maternity hospital fire -ministry
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least eleven prematurely born babies were killed in a fire that broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at a maternity hospital in Baghdad that was probably caused by an electrical fault, the health ministry said.
Exclusive: Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into disputed S.China Sea – sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable of striking China’s runways and military installations across the vital trade route, according to Wes…
Chile’s Bachelet proposes pension reforms amid criticism
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet proposed a series of reforms to the private pension system late on Tuesday that would require heftier contributions from employers and independent workers in order to boost payments for retirees….
Children held at Australian camp suffer assaults, sexual abuse-leaked documents
SYDNEY (Reuters) – More than 2,000 incidents, including sexual abuse, assault and attempted self-harm, were reported in about two years at an Australian detention center for asylum seekers in Nauru, more than half involving children, a newspaper report…
Exclusive: Turkish military officer seeking asylum in United States – U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Turkish military officer on a U.S.-based assignment for NATO is seeking asylum in the United States after being recalled by the Turkish government in the wake of last month’s failed military coup, U.S. officials told Reuters.
Ex-Guantanamo prisoner held by Venezuela’s intelligence agency: lawyer
CARACAS (Reuters) – A former Guantanamo prisoner who was relocated to Uruguay nearly two years ago is being held by Venezuela’s intelligence agency after traveling to Caracas in an apparent attempt to reunite with family, a lawyer familiar with his cas…
Brazil Senate meets to indict suspended President Rousseff
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate met on Tuesday to vote on whether to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws, in the long-awaited start of the trial phase of impeachment proceedings against her.
U.S. Vice President Biden to visit Serbia, Kosovo next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Serbia and Kosovo next week, the White House said on Tuesday.
Russia’s Putin, Britain’s May agree to meet to try to thaw frosty ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke by phone on Tuesday and agreed to meet “in the near future” to try to improve poor relations between Moscow and London, the Kremlin said in a statement.
Grief, anger after 74 Pakistanis killed in hospital bomb
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani mourners flocked to funerals on Tuesday for 74 victims, most of them lawyers, of the bombing of a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta, and legal organizations staged a nationwide strike in protest.
