Venezuela’s first lady says her nephews were kidnapped by U.S.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores on Tuesday said two of her nephews who have been indicted on drug trafficking charges were kidnapped by U.S. authorities, her first comments on the case since their arrests sparked a scandal last y…
U.N. war crimes investigators gathering testimony from starving Syrian town
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Residents of a besieged Syrian town have told U.N. investigators how the weakest in their midst, deprived of food and medicines in violation of international law, are suffering starvation and death, the top U.N. war crimes inv…
China’s president says anti-graft drive gaining ground: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s president Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China’s more than two year anti-corruption drive was showing good results and the Communist Party Central Committee remains determined to fight graft, the state news agency Xinhua r…
Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul’s historic heart on Tuesday, in an attack Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed on Islamic State.
Iran holds 10 U.S. sailors; White House expects prompt return
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Ten sailors aboard two U.S. Navy boats were seized by Iran in the Gulf on Tuesday, and Tehran told the United States the crew members would be promptly returned, U.S. officials said.
Mexican kingpin ‘Chapo’ tried to trademark his name: local TV
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Before his brazen jailbreak last year, notorious drug boss Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman instructed his lawyers to trademark his name, giving Mexican authorities their first clue he wanted to make a film of his life, local media said o…
House of Representatives backs broader North Korea sanctions, after nuclear test
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to pass legislation that would broaden sanctions over North Korea’s nuclear program, days after Pyongyang announced it had tested a powerful nuclear device.
North Korea’s Kim calls for expansion of nuclear arsenal
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an expansion of the size and power of his country’s nuclear arsenal, state media said on Wednesday, a week after a nuclear test that drew condemnation from its neighbors and the United States…
Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber thought to have crossed recently from Syria killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul’s historic heart on Tuesday, in an attack Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed on Islamic State.
U.N. war crimes investigators gathering testimony from starving Syrian town
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Residents of a besieged Syrian town have told U.N. investigators how the weakest in their midst, deprived of food and medicines in violation of international law, are suffering starvation and death, the top U.N. war crimes inv…
