Iraqi army’s elite force pauses advance near Mosul
EAST OF MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – An elite unit of the Iraqi army paused its week-long advance on Mosul as it approached the city’s eastern edge on Tuesday, waiting for other U.S.-backed forces to close in on Islamic State’s last major urban str…
Workers wield sledgehammers to tear down Calais “Jungle”
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – French workers began demolishing the “Jungle” shanty town in Calais on Tuesday, wielding sledgehammers to tear down makeshift dwellings as their former residents – migrants seeking entry to Britain – were moved out.
PM says Italy cannot handle rate of migrant arrivals
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday said that the country cannot handle the same number of migrant arrivals next year that it has seen in 2016, calling on other European countries to do more.
Britain’s May defies critics to back new $22 billion Heathrow runway
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain backed a $22 billion expansion of London’s Heathrow Airport on Tuesday, ending 25 years of indecision with an ambitious plan to boost global trade links following the vote to leave the European Union.
Vatican and Argentina to release ‘Dirty War’ archives soon
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Vatican and Argentina will soon release archives from the country’s 1976-83 “Dirty War,” when a military dictatorship killed as many as 30,000 people in a crackdown on left-wing opponents, officials said on Tuesday.
Islamic State claims attack on Pakistan police academy, 59 dead
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Militant group Islamic State said on Tuesday that fighters loyal to its movement attacked a police training college in Quetta in southwest Pakistan in a raid that officials said killed 59 people and wounded more than 100.
Afghan leaders trade barbs as government splits widen
KABUL (Reuters) – Divisions at the top of Afghanistan’s government deepened on Tuesday after President Ashraf Ghani was forced to reject accusations by his own vice president that he was favoring members of his Pashtun ethnic group.
Tunisia arrests two Americans suspected of ties to Islamic State: security official
TUNIS (Reuters) – Police in Tunisia have arrested two American citizens on suspicion of terrorist activities after finding videos and pictures praising Islamic State, a security official said on Tuesday.
Ethiopia magazine halts publication over emergency rule curbs
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian English-language magazine which has been critical of the government has ceased publishing its print edition saying restrictions imposed when emergency rule was declared early this month made it “impossible” to conti…
Airport staff involved in Total CEO plane crash had been drinking: regulator
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two Moscow airport workers involved in a plane crash in which Christophe de Margerie, the CEO of Total, was killed had been drinking alcohol, Russia’s aviation regulator said on Tuesday, saying the accident could have been avoided al…
