Shah Deniz gas pipeline flow halted by explosion in Turkey: officials
ANKARA (Reuters) – Gas flow on the Shah Deniz pipeline carrying natural gas from Azerbaijan was halted by an explosion in Turkey on Monday evening, energy sector officials said, with one saying it was thought Kurdish militants had sabotaged the pipelin…
North, South Korea reach agreement to ease tensions
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea agreed early on Tuesday to end a military standoff that sparked an exchange of artillery fire and had ratcheted up tension on one of the world’s most heavily-fortified borders.
Guatemala’s finance minister resigns amid corruption scandal
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan Finance Minister Dorval Carias resigned on Monday amid a deepening corruption scandal that has also featured calls for the impeachment of President Otto Perez.
Police drop terror charge against Australian teenager
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police on Tuesday dropped a terrorism related charge against a teenage boy who was accused of planning an Islamic State inspired attack at a national remembrance day parade.
Gay men tell U.N. Security Council of being Islamic State targets
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syrian refugee Subhi Nahas watched in fear as the al Qaeda-linked group Nusra Front took over his home town of Idlib and began torturing and executing men suspected of being gay. Then, with the rise of Islamic State, came vid…
U.S. to deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe very soon as part of a broader effort to support eastern European members of the NATO alliance unnerved by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, Air Force Secretary Deborah Ja…
Brazil VP drops liaison role, remains in Rousseff government
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer has decided to drop his role as day-to-day political coordinator in Congress for President Dilma Rousseff but is not leaving her government, two sources in the administration said on Monday.
Islamic State executes four people in central Libyan city: residents
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State has executed four people in the central Libyan city of Sirte, including at least one member of a rival group whose body was put on display, according to residents and a video published on social media on Monday…
U.S. to deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe very soon as part of a broader effort to support eastern European members of the NATO alliance unnerved by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, Air Force Secretary Deborah Ja…
Ukraine faces risky year fighting to escape Russian orbit: Poroshenko
KIEV(Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukraine was facing a precarious year struggling to fend off what he called Russian strategies to undermine Kiev’s drive for closer relations with Europe.
