Syrian opposition insists Russia should end air strikes: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia should immediately end its air strikes in Syria as a condition for negotiations between the opposition and the central government in Damascus, Interfax news agency quoted a Syrian opposition member as saying on Tuesday.
U.S. troop reinforcements head for embattled southern Afghan province
KABUL (Reuters) – Hundreds more U.S. troops are headed for Afghanistan’s strife-torn Helmand province to shore up security forces who have struggled in the face of sustained Taliban attacks, officials said.
Politics, princess’s trial cast Spain’s King Felipe in testing role
MADRID (Reuters) – Sympathy for the Spanish monarchy is in short supply among the spectators heading into a theater in Madrid’s edgy Lavapies district, where an irreverent look at the former King Juan Carlos’ fall from grace is playing to sell-out audi…
North Korea rocket launch may spur U.S. missile defense buildup in Asia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea’s latest rocket launch might kick off a buildup of U.S. missile defense systems in Asia, U.S. officials and missile defense experts said, something that could further strain U.S.-China ties and also hurt relations bet…
Death of former leader poses potential problems for Nepal
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, a moderate figure in Nepal’s unsettled politics, died on Tuesday, presenting a potential hurdle in attempts to win greater rights for minorities in a new constitution.
PM calls for peace on Haiti’s first day with no president
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Protesting Haitians should end weeks of sometimes violent street marches and join a dialogue to create a transitional government, Prime Minister Evans Paul said on Monday, during his first day as the temporary head of the tro…
Two corpses found in Mexico after apparent abduction
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The remains of two young people who disappeared in eastern Mexico have been identified, authorities said on Monday, in a case that echoes the 2014 abduction and apparent massacre of 43 students that sparked international outrage…
Somalia plane bomber was meant to board Turkish flight: airline executive
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week and forced it to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight, Daallo’s chief executive said on M…
U.S. military seeks to prepare Africa for shifting terror threat
THIES, Senegal (Reuters) – African forces began a U.S.-led counter-terrorism training program in Senegal on Monday amid what a U.S. commander said were rising signs of collaboration between Islamist militant groups across north Africa and the Sahel.
U.S. stepping up push for ceasefire, aid in Syria: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will push to secure an immediate Syrian ceasefire and aid for civilians ahead of a crucial meeting in Munich this week as he seeks to keep a fragile peace process alive, U.S. officials said.
