Dutch freighter sinks after crash off Belgian coast, no fatalities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A small Dutch freight ship sank early Tuesday morning after colliding with a tanker in the North Sea off the Belgian coast, the Netherlands’ coast guard said. All aboard were saved.
Venezuela hits back at U.S. for questioning its democracy
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s foreign minister on Monday blasted her U.S. counterpart John Kerry for questioning the country’s democratic credentials ahead of legislative elections the ruling socialists are forecast to lose.
Australian police arrest boy near scene of ‘terror-linked’ shooting
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police arrested a boy after he was questioned about his social media posts on Tuesday outside the same high school attended by a teenager who last week shot dead a police worker in an attack authorities say was “linked to …
NATO denounces Russian incursion into Turkish airspace
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States and NATO denounced Russia on Monday for violating Turkish airspace and Ankara threatened to respond, reporting two incursions in two days and raising the prospect of direct confrontation between the former Cold Wa…
Ghana suspends seven high court judges over corruption accusations
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s government suspended seven out of 12 high court judges on Monday in the wake of allegations of bribery stemming from a documentary made by an investigative journalist.
In Guatemala mudslide, searchers find dead families huddled together
SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (Reuters) – Beneath the mud and rock that engulfed the small Guatemalan town of Santa Catarina Pinula last week, search crews have found entire families who died huddled together after they were buried alive.
Afghan forces called for air strike in Kunduz: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Afghan forces asked for U.S. air support while fighting the Taliban in Kunduz shortly before an air strike resulted in the deaths of civilians there, the American commander of international forces in Afghanistan said on Monday.
In Guatemala mudslide, searchers find dead huddled together
SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (Reuters) – Beneath the mud and rock that engulfed the small Guatemalan town of Santa Catarina Pinula last week, search crews have found entire families who died huddled together after they were buried alive.
Afghan forces called for air strike in Kunduz: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Afghan forces asked for U.S. air support while fighting the Taliban in Kunduz shortly before an air strike resulted in the deaths of civilians there, the American commander of international forces in Afghanistan said on Monday.
Ivory Coast must end wave of arrests, abuse ahead of polls: Amnesty
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Authorities in Ivory Coast must put an end to what Amnesty International claims is a wave of arbitrary arrests and abuse targeting opposition supporters in the run-up to a presidential election later this month, the rights campaigne…
