U.S. says strike in Yemen last week killed al Qaeda militant, wounded another
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One al Qaeda militant was killed and another wounded in a strike in Yemen’s Bayda province by the U.S. military on Sept. 29, U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday.
Bagel, pretzel show twists of Nobel Prize-winning work in physics
STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – Three British-born scientists won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for revealing unusual states of matter, leading to advances in electronics that could aid researchers trying to develop quantum computers.
Civilians killed by shelling in Libya’s Benghazi: hospital official
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – At least three civilians died and 12 were injured when shells landed in a residential area of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday, a hospital official said.
Presidential hopeful Macron slams French political class, outlines remedies
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – France is sick because politicians throw taxpayers money at problems instead of addressing them properly, presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday as he set out a first batch of ideas to reform the country’s p…
Rebels fend off Aleppo assault as nations seek to rebuild peace process
AMMAN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they had repelled an army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded residential areas, while nations spoke of rebuilding a peace process the United States broke off thi…
Syria peace efforts must continue despite break with Russia: Kerry
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday efforts to end Syria’s war must continue despite Washington’s decision to break off talks with Moscow over what he called its “irresponsible” support for President Bashar al-Assad….
Elections over, Brazil tackles unpopular spending reforms
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer’s government introduced to Congress on Tuesday a landmark constitutional amendment to cap public spending, seeking to press ahead with unpopular reforms in the wake of last weekend’s municipal elect…
Philippine leader tells Obama ‘go to hell’, says can buy arms from Russia, China
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Opposition MP’s car explodes in Georgia’s capital, injuring passersby
TBILISI (Reuters) – A Georgian opposition lawmaker was unhurt when his car exploded in the capital Tbilisi on Tuesday but five passersby were injured, Rustavi-2 television reported, just three days ahead of a parliamentary election.
Guinea Bissau’s ex-navy chief sentenced in prison in U.S. drug case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau who was arrested three years ago in a U.S. drug sting off the West African coast was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison, most of which he has already served, for conspiring to facilita…
