Two blasts kill 23 people in Syrian city of Latakia, monitor says
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 23 people were killed and 40 wounded in two explosions in the Syrian city of Latakia on Tuesday, a monitoring group said, in one of the bloodiest attacks on President Bashar al-Assad’s coastal stronghold.
EU irregular migrant arrivals 1.2 million in January – October: Frontex
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – There were some 1.2 million irregular entries to the European Union in the first 10 months of this year, four times more than in the whole of 2014, the bloc’s border agency Frontex said on Tuesday.
Hazara take protests to Kabul as Afghan sectarian fears rise
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A protest convoy drove the bodies of seven members of Afghanistan’s minority Hazara community to the capital Kabul on Tuesday to protest against their murder by unknown militants, who dumped their partially beheaded bodi…
Portugal left formalize deals to oust government, rule in majority
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s main opposition Socialists on Tuesday signed definitive agreements with far-left parties, guaranteeing parliament majority backing for a Socialist government they want to form after ousting the center-right administration….
U.N. issues warning over worsening situation in Burundi
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Tuesday extra-judicial killings, torture and detentions were increasing in Burundi and warned that the international organization is less well-equipped to deal with the situation than it was in Rwanda befor…
Hotel Providence: new home for dispossessed in Brazil mining flood
MARIANA, Brazil (Reuters) – For those that lost everything in the deadly flood caused by two breached dams at a mine in Brazil, this former convent boarding school in the old center of Mariana is now home.
China says not aware of plan to discuss South China Sea at APEC
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is not aware of any plan to discuss the disputed South China Sea at an Asia Pacific leaders’ summit next week, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday, amid tensions between China and the Philippines over the waters.
Egypt releases prominent rights activist
CAIRO (Reuters) – Prominent Egyptian journalist and human rights advocate Hossam Bahgat was released on Tuesday, his lawyer said, two days after being detained over a report he wrote on a trial of former army officers.
U.S., allies conduct 31 strikes in Syria, Iraq: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition conducted 15 strikes against the Islamic State in Syria on Monday, hitting the militant group with bomber, fighter, attack and drone aircraft, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
Iraqi PM’s reforms hindered by divisions amid Islamic State threat
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Facing resistance from within his own party, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is struggling to sustain support for a political shake-up he says is critical to efforts to counter Islamic State militants.
