U.S. says inflammatory rhetoric about Turkey coup is ‘not helpful’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department, commenting on charges in the Turkish press that a Washington think tank was behind last month’s failed coup in Turkey, said on Tuesday such inflammatory rhetoric is not helpful.
Afghan officials raise alarm as Taliban gain in Helmand province
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The Taliban are tightening their noose around the capital of disputed Helmand province in southern Afghanistan which has seen sustained fighting, residents and local officials say.
Executed Iranian nuclear scientist unfairly tried, said he was innocent: mother
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian security forces may have pressured nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, hanged last week for spying for the United States, to admit to crimes he did not commit, his mother said in an interview this week.
Germany’s Nazi hunter tracks down eight concentration camp workers
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s top Nazi hunter has identified four men and four women suspected of serving as guards, secretaries and telephone operators at a concentration camp near Gdansk, and prosecutors will examine if they can be charged as accompli…
Photos suggest China built reinforced hangars on disputed islands: CSIS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite photographs taken in late July show China appears to have built reinforced aircraft hangars on its holdings in disputed South China Sea islands, a Washington-based research group said.
Syrian refugee arrested for possible attack plans: German state
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a 24-year-old Syrian refugee last Friday after receiving a tip that the man was planning a possible Islamic-motivated attack, state officials in North-Rhine Westphalia said on Tuesday.
U.S. approves $1.15 billion sale of tanks, other equipment to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of more than 130 Abrams battle tanks, 20 armored recovery vehicles and other equipment, worth about $1.15 billion, to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
British PM May raises case of detained aid worker with Iran’s Rouhani
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May raised concerns on Tuesday with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani over several cases involving dual British-Iranian nationals, including imprisoned aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her offi…
UK air force helicopter makes forced mountain landing, no casualties
LONDON (Reuters) – A Royal Air Force helicopter was forced to land high up a mountain in Wales on Tuesday because of a technical problem and all five people on board managed to get off safely before it caught fire, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said.
Turkey chides U.S., Europe as Erdogan meets Russia’s Putin
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey on Tuesday warned of rising anti-American sentiment and risks to a migrant deal with the European Union, ramping up the rhetoric in the face of Western alarm over the scale of purges in state institutions since last month’s …
