New Zealand evacuates tourists, locals stranded by earthquake
WOODEND/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Helicopters ferried scores of residents and tourists out of a small New Zealand town on Wednesday as others boarded naval ships, three days after the region was completely cut off by landslides following a major earthquak…
Global terrorism deaths fall, but rise 650 percent in OECD countries: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Deaths from terrorism in OECD countries increased by 650 percent last year despite a marked fall globally as Islamic State (IS)and Boko Haram militants suffered military defeats at home but committed more attacks abroad, a report sa…
Philippines’ Duterte says trusts Trump to be fair on immigration
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte thinks he will get along with Donald Trump as the U.S. president-elect “has not meddled in human rights” issues, and he trusted Trump’s judgment to deal fairly with the undocumented workers he plans …
Trump aims to ease Asian allies’ qualms when he meets Japan’s Abe
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump is expected to use his first meeting with a foreign leader as U.S. president-elect this week to try to reassure Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other Asian allies rattled by his campaign rhetoric, advise…
Nicaragua ruling party widens majority in Congress after vote
MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega’s party strengthened its majority in the country’s Congress after his landslide re-election earlier this month, the country’s electoral authority said on Tuesday.
Deaths by firearms reach record highs in Mexico: study
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Murder by firearms in Mexico have hit record levels under the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto as the death toll from gang violence worsens, a study showed on Tuesday.
France, U.N. tell Trump action on climate change unstoppable
MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) – France and the United Nations on Tuesday stepped up warnings to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump about the risks of quitting a 2015 global plan to combat climate change, saying a historic shift from fossil fuels is unsto…
U.S. says war crimes probe of U.S. forces in Afghanistan unwarranted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An International Criminal Court investigation of possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan is not “warranted or appropriate,” the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday after prosecutors in The Hague found initial grounds …
Islamic State kills civilians in Mosul to deter support for army
BAGHDAD/QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State has summarily killed 21 civilians in Mosul it accused of collaborating with U.S.-backed security forces, which said their offensive to recapture the city from the jihadists had made further advances.
Air strikes pound rebel-held east Aleppo after weeks-long pause
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Intense air strikes resumed in rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo after a weeks-long pause on Tuesday, killing at least three people, residents and a war monitor said.
