U.N. world powers press Yemenis to start talks, truce in danger
KUWAIT (Reuters) – The United Nations and world powers sought on Tuesday to persuade Yemen’s Houthis to send representatives to peace talks in Kuwait as a shaky truce teetered near collapse, delegates said.
NATO and Russia to meet, but grievances remain
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russian and NATO envoys are unlikely to ease the worst tensions since the Cold War very much when they meet on Wednesday in their highest-level talks on security in almost two years.
North Korea’s Jong Un more aggressive than father: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un appears more “risk-tolerant, arrogant and impulsive” than his father as he forges ahead with military programs that have left even China – Pyongyang’s top ally – feeling frustrated, a top U.S. gen…
U.S., Iran diplomats meet at U.N. on sanctions, Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York on Tuesday to discuss implementation of the Iran nuclear deal and ways Tehran can use its influence to end Syria’s …
Brazil’s most isolated indigenous tribes face ‘annihilation’: campaigners
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indigenous tribes in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, who have had little or no contact with the outside world, are facing “annihilation” from illegal loggers, ranchers and miners who want their land, a campaign…
Senior Turkish police go on trial over murder of Armenian editor
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Senior Turkish security officials were among 34 defendants put on trial on Tuesday accused of links to the murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink a decade ago.
Turkey wants coalition help at Syrian border as Islamic State rockets pummel town
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey may call on the U.S.-led coalition to take stronger action in its fight against Islamic State along its border with Syria, Turkish officials said on Tuesday, as the border town of Kilis came under rocket fire for a second stra…
China frustrated over North Korea but limiting action: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is frustrated over North Korea’s behavior, including its nuclear advances, but is unwilling to apply pressure that could threaten the viability of North Korea’s regime, the U.S. general nominated to lead U.S. forces in Sout…
Air strike on market kills around 40 in opposition-held northwest Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes on a vegetable market in opposition-held northwest Syria killed around 40 people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, a rebel commander, rescue worker and war monitor said.
Second blast hits Kabul following deadly suicide attack
KABUL (Reuters) – A large explosion was heard in central Kabul several hours after a suicide attack on a building of the national security agency killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds more in the Afghan capital earlier on Tuesday.
