Russia deploys troops westward as standoff with NATO deepens
KLINTSY, Russia (Reuters) – Russia is building an army base near its border with Ukraine, the latest in a chain of new military sites along what the Kremlin sees as its frontline in a growing confrontation with NATO.
Global violence worsens, driven by Middle East conflicts: peace index
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world has become increasingly violent with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high, terrorist attacks at an all-time high and more people displaced than at any time since World War Two, the 2016 Global Peace Ind…
U.N. chief faced funding cut-off, fatwa risk over Saudis: sources
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Muslim allies of Saudi Arabia piled pressure on U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon over the blacklisting of a Saudi-led coalition for killing children in Yemen, with Riyadh threatening to cut Palestinian aid and funds to other U.N. progr…
Obama, Modi welcome preparatory work for India reactor project
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed the start of preparatory work for six nuclear reactors in India, a key step in closing the first deal stemming from a U.S.-India civil nuclea…
Chinese border region asks for DNA for travel documents
BEIJING (Reuters) – A sensitive border region in China’s violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang has begun asking applicants for travel documents to provide DNA samples, fingerprints and voice prints, rules released just ahead of the holy fasting…
Venezuela security forces block new anti-Maduro protest
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces used tear gas to block hundreds of opposition protesters on Tuesday in the latest rally to demand a recall referendum to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
Nigeria to scale down army campaign in Delta, talk to Avengers: officials
ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria will scale down a military campaign in the oil-producing Niger Delta and talk to the Niger Delta Avengers militant group which has claimed a string of attacks there that sharply cut crude output, officials said.
Public support for the EU plunges across Europe: survey
BERLIN (Reuters) – Public support for the European Union has fallen sharply in its biggest member states over the past year, a survey showed on Tuesday, weeks before Britons vote on whether to leave the 28-nation bloc.
U.S. Navy jets hit more Islamic State targets in Iraq, Syria
ABOARD USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (Reuters) – U.S. fighter jets have dropped 35 smart bombs and pamphlet bombs on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in strikes launched from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier since it moved from the Gulf to the Me…
Kenya charges six men over building collapse that killed 51
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A Kenyan court charged six men with manslaughter on Tuesday over the collapse of a multi-storey building in Nairobi’s Huruma district in April which left at least 51 people dead.
