Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake near Fukushima disaster site
TOKYO (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a small tsunami that hit the same Fukushima region devastated by a 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear d…
Two Qataris tear-gassed and robbed in motorway heist near Paris: police
PARIS (Reuters) – Robbers stole jewels and clothes worth millions of euros after tear-gassing two Qatari women and the driver of their luxury car on a motorway north of Paris, police officials said.
Libyan forces press forward against Islamic State in Sirte, urge civilians to leave
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces said they pushed forward on Tuesday into the last sliver of territory held by Islamic State in its former North African stronghold of Sirte, seizing a number of barricaded houses.
French centrist Bayrou says Fillon presidential manifesto ‘dangerous’
PARIS (Reuters) – French centrist Francois Bayrou on Tuesday branded the liberal economic reforms proposed by conservative frontrunner Francois Fillon “dangerous”, remarks that may hint at an independent run that could damage Fillon’s presidential elec…
Four killed in New Caledonia landslides: French interior ministry
PARIS (Reuters) – At least four people, including two children, were killed after heavy rains across New Caledonia triggered landslides, the French Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
Palestinian tries to stab Israeli security guard, shot dead: Israeli police
(Reuters) – An Israeli security guard shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab him at a busy checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Israeli police said.
Russia says detention of its soldiers near Crimea was ‘provocation’
MINSK (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s detention of two Russian soldiers near the border with Crimea was “a provocation.”
Talks on reuniting Cyprus fail to strike deal, U.N. says
ZURICH (Reuters) – Talks in Switzerland on reuniting the divided island of Cyprus have failed to strike a deal, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
U.S. says won’t tolerate pressure from China on fugitive families
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States will not tolerate any pressure from the Chinese government on family members of fugitives to get them to return from America, but can’t guarantee it has not happened, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
China declines to say if it supports Philippine fishing ban
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday declined to say if it supported an executive order by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declaring part of the disputed Scarborough Shoal a marine sanctuary off-limits to fishermen.
