Britain to develop offensive cyber capability, Osborne says
CHELTENHAM, England (Reuters) – British spies are developing an offensive cyber capability to fight Islamist militants, hackers, criminals and hostile powers who threaten British interests, finance minister George Osborne said on Tuesday.
Yemen’s exiled president returns to rally forces, over 50 killed
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi returned to the southern port city of Aden on Tuesday to rally forces loyal to him in the country’s civil war and oversee a campaign to retake the city of Taiz, a presidency official said…
China arrests 98 in crackdown on online gambling rings
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police arrested 98 people connected to online gambling networks that handled $78 billion in bets, state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of moves to control illegal activity on the Internet.
Obama puts South China Sea dispute on agenda as summitry begins
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama put tensions over Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea squarely on the agenda ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday, pointedly visiting the main warship of close ally the Philippines shortly after …
Tear gas fired inside and outside Kosovo parliament
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Opposition lawmakers in Kosovo fired tear gas and pepper spray in parliament on Tuesday and police clashed with rock-throwing protesters in a deepening political crisis over relations with former master Serbia.
Dissident Afghan Taliban leader ‘shot and wounded’ by bodyguard
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A leader of a breakaway Afghan Taliban faction fighting for control of the Islamist movement has been shot and wounded by a bodyguard, two Taliban commanders said on Tuesday, highlighting unprecedented chaos embroiling th…
Hungarian parliament votes to challenge EU migrant quotas in court
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament authorized the government in a law passed on Tuesday to turn to the courts to challenge an EU decision on mandatory migrant relocation quotas for EU members.
Abandoned as baby, senator front-runner for Philippine president
MANILA (Reuters) – A woman abandoned as a baby in a church consolidated her position as front-runner to become next Philippine president on Tuesday when a tribunal rejected a petition that sought to disqualify her because she was not a Philippine citiz…
Tunisia says it prevented major Islamist attack this month
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has arrested a cell of 17 Islamist militants and prevented a major assault on hotels and security forces in the resort town of Sousse planned for this month, a senior government official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Quake hits off Greek island, at least one dead-police
ATHENS (Reuters) – A strong earthquake struck off the western Greek island of Lefkada on Tuesday, killing at least one person and damaging several buildings, Greek police said.
