Emotions run high as family and friends bury Afghan journalist
KABUL (Reuters) – About 200 family, friends and journalists gathered on the outskirts of Kabul on Tuesday to bury a journalist killed in a militant attack on Sunday while assisting an NPR news crew in southern Afghanistan.
Syrian army, U.S.-backed forces advance separately against Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government troops backed by Russian air power moved to within 25 km (15 miles) of an Islamic State-held town in Raqqa province on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, as state media reported air strikes again…
Burundi frees some students accused of defacing president’s photo
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi said on Tuesday it had released six juveniles who were part of a group of 11 students jailed last week for allegedly defacing a photograph of President Pierre Nkurunziza in a school text book.
Renamo gunmen attack train in central Mozambique: state news agency
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Gunmen from rebel group Renamo attacked a train in central Mozambique on its way to a coal mine, injuring the driver’s assistant, the southern African nation’s state news agency reported on Tuesday.
Car bomb kills at least five, wounds 10 in Iraq’s Kerbala: security officer
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least five people were killed and 10 others wounded on Tuesday when a car blew up in the Shi’ite holy city of Kerbala south of Baghdad, an Iraqi security officer said.
Merkel rejects Turkish comments after Armenia genocide resolution
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed as “incomprehensible” accusations levied by Turkey against German lawmakers of Turkish origin after Germany’s parliament passed a resolution declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forc…
Poor U.S.-Russia relations increase risk of dirty bomb in Europe: experts
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Tension between Russia and the West may be distracting them from cooperating to prevent an accidental nuclear confrontation or a dirty bomb attack by militants, nuclear policy experts said on Tuesday.
Policeman to be indicted in woman’s death during Venezuela looting
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan prosecutors said on Tuesday they will indict a policeman who was allegedly responsible in the fatally shooting of a woman during looting in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.
Peru’s presidential vote tightens; Kuczynski holds lead
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s presidential election tightened further in the latest tally of votes on Tuesday as former investment banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s lead over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an ex-president, narrowed to 0.28 of a percentage poin…
Death toll of migrants in wreck off Crete climbs to 320: IOM
GENEVA (Reuters) – Some 320 migrants and refugees are now feared to have drowned off the Greek island of Crete last week as the deadliest toll on record so far in the Mediterranean keeps climbing, the International Organization for Migration said on Tu…
