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…
Don’t hurt ordinary Poles, Tusk tells EU ahead of rights assessment
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council president Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime minister, urged European parliamentarians on Tuesday to hold the new government in Warsaw to account over democracy but to avoid taking action that would hurt Polish cit…
Suu Kyi’s surprise attendance seen as boost for Myanmar peace talks
YANGON (Reuters) – Aung San Suu Kyi’s last-minute decision to join Myanmar peace talks she had previously criticized took some attendees by surprise, and could boost the chances of progress with rebel groups who have so far resisted joining the process…
White House says seeks return of Navy personnel in Iranian custody
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday that it was aware of the situation in which two Navy boats were held in Iranian custody and is working to get U.S. personnel returned.
Canada resettles 10,000 Syrian refugees, few problems so far
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada prepared on Tuesday to welcome its 10,000th Syrian refugee since November, and resettlement workers said the heavy influx has gone smoothly despite a shortage of housing in Toronto and a pepper-spray incident in Vancouver.
