Court orders Russia to pay compensation for Greenpeace ship seizure
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A court in the Netherlands has ordered Russia to pay compensation for seizing the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise during a protest against an offshore oil platform two years ago.
Two killed in clashes at Palestinian camp in Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two people were killed in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon in renewed overnight clashes between the mainstream Palestinian faction Fatah and hardline Islamists, security sources said.
Spain, Morocco arrest 14 suspected of recruiting for Islamic State
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain and Morocco arrested 14 people on Tuesday suspected of recruiting fighters to join Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, Spain’s Interior Ministry said.
Myanmar’s military chief says armed forces will respect vote
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar’s powerful commander-in-chief has reiterated that the military will respect the outcome of the country’s Nov. 8 election, seen as a crucial test of Myanmar’s reform process.
West and Japan snub China parade but Putin, North Korean official coming
BEIJING (Reuters) – Major Western leaders will not attend a military parade in China next week to mark the end of World War Two, leaving President Xi Jinping to stand with leaders and officials from Russia, Sudan, Venezuela and North Korea at his highe…
Explosions at Afghan gas terminal kill 10 children, shake city
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A series of large explosions at a gas terminal on the edge of the western Afghan city of Herat late on Monday killed 10 children and an adult living in a camp for people displaced by war.
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.
