Militants, migrants, pope and Putin to headline at United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – World leaders will gather for their annual meeting at the United Nations starting Friday as Europe faces a flood of asylum seekers, many fleeing Syria’s civil war in the worst humanitarian crisis since the world body was crea…
Russia seen building up two more military facilities in Syria: Jane’s
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite photos taken in mid-September and obtained by IHS Jane’s show Russian forces developing two additional military facilities near Syria’s Mediterranean coast, Rob Munks, editor of IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review, said on T…
U.N. agency urges regulators to delay compulsory jetliner tracking
PARIS/MONTREAL (Reuters) – Global aviation regulators are urged to delay by two years plans to require automated tracking of passenger planes to avoid a repeat of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in 2014, according to a report by th…
Guyana accuses Venezuela of ‘aggressive behavior’ near border area
GEORGETOWN (Reuters) – Guyana’s President David Granger said on Tuesday neighboring Venezuela had launched an “extraordinary military deployment” in the east of the OPEC country, near a disputed border area.
U.S. envoy for anti-Islamic State coalition Allen to step down
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. special envoy for countering the Islamic State militant group, retired Gen. John Allen, plans to step down for personal reasons, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
Pope’s trip ties Cuba to U.S. with message of reconciliation
SANTIAGO, Cuba (Reuters) – Pope Francis ended his Cuba trip on Tuesday and headed to the United States with a message of reconciliation for the former Cold War foes while avoiding controversy on the U.S. trade embargo or human rights on the Communist-r…
White House seeks answers from China on U.S. woman detained in spy probe
BEIJING/AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The White House has contacted China’s Foreign Ministry over the detention of an American businesswoman accused of spying, a spokesman said on Tuesday, in a case that blew up just as President Xi Jinping began a visit t…
Brazil in talks on gambling legalization amid fiscal crunch
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s cash-strapped government is in talks with lawmakers over legalizing gambling to increase revenues as Congress balks at President Dilma Rousseff’s efforts to overcome a budget deficit by raising other taxes.
Pro-Kurdish ministers quit Turkish cabinet amid tension over violence
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey moved swiftly on Tuesday to replace two ministers from a pro-Kurdish party who quit its interim government amid rising tensions after a ceasefire with Kurdish militants collapsed in July.
With refugees, German Muslim minority could be Europe’s largest
BERLIN (Reuters) – When the flood of Middle Eastern refugees arriving in Europe finally ebbs and asylum-seekers settle down in their new homes, Germany could unexpectedly find itself housing the continent’s largest Muslim minority.
