Thousands of Cubans stuck after Nicaragua declines to open border
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Thousands of Cubans remain stuck on the Costa Rican side of the border with Nicaragua after Managua refused at a regional summit on Tuesday to open its doors to a wave of migrants heading for the United States.
Obama meets with national security advisers on Islamic State threat: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama met with his National Security Council on Tuesday to discuss the response to recent attacks by Islamic State militants, and told his team to “continue to intensify ongoing efforts” against the group, the Wh…
Honduras judge rules five Syrians to face charges of falsifying documents
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A judge in Honduras on Tuesday ordered that five Syrians allegedly caught traveling with fake Greek documents as they tried to head north to the United States must remain behind bars as they await trial to face charges of falsif…
Report says combination of errors led to U.S. bombing of MSF hospital: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. air strike that destroyed a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz last month resulted from “human errors, failures in procedure and technical malfunctions,” the New York Times repor…
No explosives found in U.S.-bound parcels at Cairo airport: DHL
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some parcels at Cairo airport being shipped to the United States by express mail service DHL that were flagged by the company for further checks were found by Egyptian officials to contain no explosives, a DHL spokeswoman said on…
Kerry: Palestinian attacks are ‘acts of terrorism’ that must be condemned
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday described a wave of Palestinian knife and car-ramming attacks as terrorism that must be condemned as he held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on how to end the violence.
Magnitude 7.5 quake hits Peru-Brazil border, no damage reported
LIMA (Reuters) – A major quake of magnitude 7.5 struck the Peruvian-Brazilian border in the Amazon basin on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
Argentine president-elect picks U.N. insider as his top diplomat
BUENOS AIRES/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri named U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s chief adviser as his future foreign minister, signaling a sharp break from the diplomacy of outgoing leader Cristina Fernandez.
U.S., France agree to scale up fight against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and France agreed on Tuesday to ramp up military operations against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and coordinate intelligence on domestic threats following the worst attacks to hit France since World War Two.
Magnitude 7.5 quake hits eastern Peru: USGS
LIMA (Reuters) – A major quake of magnitude 7.5 struck the Peruvian-Brazilian border in the Amazon basin on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
