U.S. releases video it says shows Iranian rockets near American warships
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy released black-and-white video on Saturday it said was taken by an American helicopter showing an Iranian Revolutionary Guards vessel firing unguided rockets on Dec. 26 near warships including the aircraft carrier U…
Japan PM aims for constitutional revision with help from opposition
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday he aimed to get a two-thirds majority from his ruling bloc and like-minded opposition parties at an upper house election this summer to enable him to revise the constitution.
Hong Kong publishers spooked, anti-China books off shelves
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong publishers and vendors of books on Chinese politics that are banned in China are unnerved by the mysterious disappearances of five booksellers, and in some cases pulling books critical of Beijing’s leaders from their she…
In humiliation, Argentina says manhunt still on for fugitives
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – President Mauricio Macri was humiliated on Saturday after Argentina’s federal police chief admitted a manhunt was still on for two of the South American country’s most notorious criminals, hours after the government celebrated …
Anti-migrant protest turns violent as German welcome cools
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – Riot police broke up far-right protesters in Cologne on Saturday as they marched against Germany’s open-door migration policy after asylum seekers were identified as suspects in assaults on women on New Year’s Eve.
Israeli soldiers shoot dead two Palestinian assailants – army
BEKAOT CHECKPOINT, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot dead on Saturday two Palestinians who tried to stab soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, the military said, as a surge in violence showed no sign of abating.
Mali says note links al Qaeda splinter group to hotel siege
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s chief prosecutor said on Saturday that it has evidence that jihadist group Al Mourabitoun, led by veteran leader veteran militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, was behind a November attack on a luxury hotel that killed 20 people….
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says H-bomb test self-defensive step against the U.S.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country conducted a hydrogen bomb test as a self-defensive step against a U.S. threat of nuclear war and had a sovereign right to do so without being criticized, state news agency KCNA reported…
Air strike kills dozens in Syria as U.N. envoy visits Damascus
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria on Saturday as a U.N. envoy visited Damascus to advance preparations for peace talks planned this month despite opposition misgivings.
Drug lord Guzman faces extradition to U.S. after lapses lead to capture
LOS MOCHIS, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico aims to extradite drug lord Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman to the United States after security forces recaptured the fugitive cartel leader who blew his cover through a series of slip ups, including an attempt to make a mo…
