First victims of deadliest migrant shipwreck given funeral in Italy
CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) – Italy held a funeral service on Tuesday for 13 migrants who died in the worst shipwreck in the Mediterranean in recent history, while the navy continued its search for other victims of the disaster.
HSBC fires UK staff over mock execution video
LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC has fired UK staff who filmed themselves staging a mock Islamic State-style beheading of a colleague and posted the video online, it said on Tuesday.
Philippines ramps up military spending in face of China threat
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines plans to ramp up military spending over the next 13 years, earmarking more than $20 billion to modernize its forces in the face of Beijing’s maritime ambitions in the disputed South China Sea, a top air force official…
Arrested ex-Toyota exec Hamp to be released from custody: Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo prosecutors plan to release former Toyota Motor Corp executive Julie Hamp from custody after she was arrested last month on suspicion of illegally importing the painkiller Oxycodone into Japan, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday.
The world’s oldest man dies in Japan, aged 112
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sakari Momoi, who was recognized as the world’s oldest man and credited healthy eating and getting plenty of sleep for his longevity, has died at the age of 112, Japanese media said on Tuesday.
Venezuela recalls ambassador to Guyana amid territory dispute
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he was calling in the country’s ambassador in neighboring Guyana for consultations amid an escalating row over oil exploration in a disputed offshore territory.
Iran demands end to U.N. missile sanctions, West refuses
VIENNA (Reuters) – A dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program and a broader arms embargo were among issues holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers on Monday, the day before their latest self-imposed deadline…
Germany, France press Greece to make fast, credible proposals
PARIS/ATHENS (Reuters) – France and Germany told Greece on Monday to come up with serious proposals in order to restart financial aid talks, a day after Greeks voted overwhelmingly to reject more austerity.
Air strikes kill nearly 100 in Yemen, cast shadow on truce talks
DUBAI/ADEN (Reuters) – Nearly 100 people were killed on Monday in air strikes across Yemen, the Houthi-run state news agency reported, as a Saudi-led coalition stepped up attacks that are likely to weigh on efforts to broker a humanitarian truce.
Balkan route a road of beatings for migrants, refugees: Amnesty
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Police in some Balkan nations are abusing thousands of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, many of them children, as they travel across the region to reach the European Union (EU), Amnesty International said i…
