Venezuela opposition security boss freed
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities freed congressional president Henry Ramos’ head of security on Monday after he was arrested last week on allegations of masterminding the beating of police officers, the opposition said.
U.S. says late Taliban leader was planning attacks on Americans
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama approved the drone strike that killed Mullah Akhtar Mansour because the Taliban leader was overseeing plans for new attacks on American targets in Kabul, the Afghan capital, U.S. off…
Slow response to past crashes could hinder EgyptAir search, experts say
PARIS/CAIRO (Reuters) – Teams searching for the black box flight recorders of a missing EgyptAir jet that crashed with 66 people aboard face technical constraints that aviation experts increasingly blame on a slow regulatory response to earlier disaste…
Syrian Kurds point finger at Western-backed opposition
PARIS (Reuters) – The main Western-backed Syrian opposition has gained little by demanding the fall of President Bashar al-Assad other than fuelling killings and the refugee crisis, a senior official from Syrian’s northern Kurdish region said on Monday…
U.S. lifts arms ban on old foe Vietnam as China tensions simmer
HANOI (Reuters) – The United States announced a complete end to its arms embargo on Vietnam on Monday, a historic step that draws a line under the two countries’ earlier enmity and underscores their shared concerns about China’s growing military clout….
‘Remain’ 13 points ahead of ‘Leave’ in ORB Brexit poll
(Reuters) – The “Remain” camp held a 13-point lead over “Leave” rivals in Britain’s EU referendum campaign, according to a poll from ORB published in Tuesday’s edition of the Telegraph newspaper.
Iraqi forces clash with Islamic State near Falluja, bombard city center
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces fought Islamic State militants near Falluja on Monday and bombarded central districts at the outset of an offensive to retake the longtime jihadist stronghold on the western approaches to the capital Baghdad….
North Korean envoy rejects Trump overture to meet leader
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a “kind of propaganda or advertisement” in his election race, a senior North Korean official said on Monday.
Bombs kill nearly 150 in Syrian government-held cities: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Bombs killed nearly 150 people and wounded at least 200 in Jableh and Tartous on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Monday in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, monitors and state media said.
Wildfire-sparked evacuation orders lifted at all Canadian work camps
CALGARY/TORONTO (Reuters) – Authorities in Canada lifted evacuation orders on Monday for all work camps and some additional oil facilities that had been shuttered when a massive wildfire threatened the nation’s energy hub, a significant step for compan…
