U.S., Cuba restoring diplomatic ties after 54 years
HAVANA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Cuba formally agreed on Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations on July 20, setting up a trip to Havana by John Kerry, who would become the first U.S. secretary of state to visit the country in 70 y…
More than 100 dead as militants, Egyptian army clash in North Sinai
ISMAILIA, Egypt/CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army said on Wednesday more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the deadliest fighting in years in the restive province.
In emails, Hillary’s outside advisers pushed hawkish Afghan line
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the fall of 2009, as U.S. President Barack Obama conducted a long, divisive review of whether to pour more U.S. troops into Afghanistan, an influential group of advisors were quietly pushing a hawkish line.
Migrant trafficker jailed for 18 years for 2013 shipwreck off Italy
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – An Italian court on Wednesday found a Tunisian man guilty of trafficking migrants and sentenced him to 18 years in jail for contributing to a 2013 shipwreck that killed 366 people, a judicial source said.
Fleeing a crisis, Greek migrants flock back to Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Greek translator Nikos Fotakis considers himself one of the lucky ones.
Houthi shells kill 18 in Yemen, dengue fever spreading
ADEN (Reuters) – Shells fired by Yemen’s dominant Houthi group killed 18 people near the southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday, local officials and witnesses said, while the United Nations warned that a dengue fever outbreak in Aden was rapidly…
Mexico supreme court judge urges states to legalize gay marriage
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Now that Mexico’s top court has given the green light to gay marriage, a host of states should bring their laws into line, a Supreme Court justice said.
Tunisia identifies all 38 hotel attack victims, 30 of them British
TUNIS (Reuters) – Thirty Britons and eight other foreigners were killed last Friday when a gunman opened fire on holiday-makers at a Tunisian hotel, Tunisia’s health ministry said on Wednesday, completing the last formal identification.
Exclusive: U.S., Venezuela launch quiet diplomacy to ease acrimony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Venezuela have embarked on their most extensive dialogue in years in an attempt to improve their acrimonious relations, according to a senior U.S. administration official.
Six killed in clashes in Burundi capital ahead of poll results
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – At least six people, including one policeman, were killed in Burundi’s capital on Wednesday, witnesses and a police spokesman said, in the latest violent clash between police and residents since Monday’s parliamentary election.
