Outreach to gay couples not on agenda for Vatican meeting
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A working paper for a Vatican meeting on the family indicated on Tuesday that organizers do not want the issue of how the Church should reach out to homosexual couples to be a key topic.
Islamic State urges followers to escalate attacks in Ramadan
CAIRO/AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State urged its followers on Tuesday to escalate attacks against Christians, Shi’ites and Sunni Muslims fighting with a U.S.-led coalition against the ultra-radical group.
U.S., allies stage 17 air strikes against Islamic State militants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its coalition partners staged 17 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Monday, including three in the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad, the U.S. military said in a statement.
U.S. to pre-position tanks, artillery in Baltics, eastern Europe
TALLINN (Reuters) – The United States will pre-position tanks, artillery and other military equipment in eastern and central Europe, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday, moving to reassure NATO allies unnerved by Russian involvement in Uk…
Exclusive: International tribunal looks like best chance for MH17 justice – Dutch sources
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is discussing with its allies an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysian airliner over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year, sources familiar with the discussions have told Reuter…
Ex-Dominican anti-drug official gets U.S. prison time for drug scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former top official of the Dominican Republic’s main counter-drug agency was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in a U.S. prison after pleading guilty to conspiring with drug traffickers to transport cocaine into the United State…
U.N. peacekeepers accused of abusing Central African Republic street children
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations peacekeepers have been accused of sexually abusing street children in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui and an investigation has been launched by the country that contributed the troops, a U.N. spo…
Jailed Venezuela opposition leader Lopez ends hunger strike
CARACAS (Reuters) – Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez ended a 30-day hunger strike on Tuesday after one of his demands, that a date be set for this year’s parliamentary election, was met.
Strike halts Channel Tunnel traffic, migrants try to board vehicles
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Traffic was halted through the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France on Tuesday after striking French ferry workers set fire to tyres, while Britain’s Foreign Office warned of migrants trying to get into vehicles queuing t…
Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in northern Nigeria
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – A young female suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and injured more than 20 in an attack on Tuesday in a market in northeast Nigeria, several witnesses said, the second such attack within 24 hours.
