Chile fires starting gun on new constitution
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced on Tuesday the beginning of a process that could lead to a new constitution for the South American country, one of the center-left leader’s key electoral pledges.
Palestinian ‘Day of Rage’ attacks kill three: Israeli police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian men armed with knives and a gun killed at least three people and wounded several others in a string of attacks in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv on Tuesday, police said, on a “Day of Rage” declared by Palestinian groups.
EU observers say Guinea vote valid; opposition protests
CONAKRY (Reuters) – European Union observers gave Guinea’s presidential elections a clean bill of health on Tuesday despite protests by opposition supporters who accuse President Alpha Conde of rigging the vote to win a second term.
EU observers say Guinea vote valid; opposition protests
CONAKRY (Reuters) – European Union observers gave Guinea’s presidential elections a clean bill of health on Tuesday despite protests by opposition supporters who accuse President Alpha Conde of rigging the vote to win a second term.
Exclusive: Jeb Bush says Putin’s Russia should face consequences over Syria
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (Reuters) – Republican Jeb Bush vowed on Tuesday to take a more aggressive approach to countering Russia if he is elected president next year, calling Vladimir Putin an “agile adversary” who is exploiting a vacuum of U.S. leadership …
Palestinian ‘Day of Rage’ attacks kill three: Israeli police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian men armed with knives and a gun killed at least three people and wounded several others in a string of attacks in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv on Tuesday, police said, on a “Day of Rage” declared by Palestinian groups.
Seven killed in shootings, grenade attack in Burundi capital: police, residents
NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed in shootings and a grenade attack on Tuesday in Burundi’s capital, police and residents said, in a further spate of violence following the election of President Pierre Nkurunziza to a third term.
Syria’s army, allies plan offensive against insurgents in Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army along with Iranian and Hezbollah allies will soon launch a ground attack supported by Russian air strikes against insurgents in the Aleppo area, two senior regional officials told Reuters on Tuesday.
EU’s Tusk warns Turkey to cut refugee flow if it wants favors
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk warned Turkey on Tuesday that it will only win concessions from the EU, such as easier travel visas, if it successfully reduces the flow of refugees reaching Europe.
U.S. to raise Iranian missile test at U.N. Security Council
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A missile test announced by Iran over the weekend was an apparent violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution and Washington will raise the incident at the United Nations, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
