U.S. eases Cuba trade and travel rules ahead of Obama visit
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – The United States unveiled new measures on Tuesday to make it far easier for Americans to visit Cuba and eased limits on the use of U.S dollars in trade there as President Barack Obama prepared to make a historic trip to H…
Seventeen corpses found after Venezuela miners’ massacre
CARACAS (Reuters) – Seventeen corpses have been recovered from a mass grave in the rising toll from a massacre of miners in Venezuela’s southern jungle, authorities said on Tuesday.
Slovak PM Fico agrees program with potential coalition partners
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday his leftist Smer party and three other parties have signed an agreement on a governing program as part of talks on forming a coalition, following an election earlier this month.
In muddy Bekaa Valley camp, Jolie urges support for Syria refugees
SAADNAYEL, Lebanon (Reuters) – U.N. special envoy Angelina Jolie urged world powers on Tuesday to do more to end Syria’s five-year war and help the millions who have fled the conflict, as she visited refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
Deadly fighting spreads in southeast Turkey after Ankara bomb
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Fighting between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants spread on Tuesday, with tanks, helicopters and armored cars deployed after a suicide bombing that killed 37 people in the capital Ankara.
‘Asylum Chaos’ – German magazine spreads word of rising anti-immigrant party
BERLIN (Reuters) – With headlines like “Asylum Chaos”, a German magazine is spreading the views of an anti-immigrant party that has vaulted into three state legislatures due to voter anger over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy towards refuge…
Suicide bombing exposes divisions tearing at Turkey’s stability
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – “Government resign!” chanted some of the mourners at the funeral on Tuesday of four young victims of the suicide bombing in Turkey’s capital Ankara.
Asked about Taliban, Afghan leader touts success against Islamic State
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday played down recent failures to jump start peace talks with the Taliban, instead choosing to highlight recent successes against the nascent Islamic State presence in Afghanistan.
Macedonia dumps migrants back in Greece as EU-Turkey deal falters
IDOMENI, Greece/NICOSIA (Reuters) – Macedonia dumped about 1,500 migrants and refugees back into Greece overnight after they forced their way across the border, as European nations continued to pass the buck in a migration crisis that risks tearing the…
Austria to tighten checks at Italian border crossing soon: minister
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria will have to introduce tougher controls at the Brenner border crossing with Italy, a vital north-south transport link, Defense Minister Hans Peter Doskozil said on Tuesday, anticipating a surge in arrivals.
