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.
U.S., India finalize text of military logistics deal: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and India have finalized the text of an agreement to share military logistics, and it will be signed very soon, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
Scandals in new Brazil government offer Rousseff hope of survival
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A wave of scandals buffeting Brazil’s interim government is weakening the resolve of some senators to oust suspended President Dilma Rousseff, offering the leftist leader hope of surviving an impeachment trial in the upper house.
Turkish security forces kill 7,600 militants since July: Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish security forces have killed 7,600 Kurdish militants since July 20, 2015, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, citing the date when the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) abandoned a two-year ceasefire.
U.S. lawmakers want more Iran sanctions, but can’t agree
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. senator said on Tuesday he would like to pass legislation to extend expiring sanctions on Iran and enable Congress to quickly enact new ones if necessary over the country’s ballistic missile tests.
Syria holding up food aid, U.N. asks for airlift approval
GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is still waiting for Syrian government agreement for an aid convoy to enter the besieged town of Daraya and has requested approval to airlift food into four locations if land routes are unavailable, …
India says will work toward implementing Paris climate pact this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – India has agreed to work toward joining the Paris Agreement on climate change this year, India and the United States said on Tuesday, giving momentum to the international fight to curb global warming.
