Some Quebec rivers, lakes may be renamed to drop racial epithet
MONTREAL (Reuters) – As the United States debates public display of the Confederate battle flag, the Canadian province of Quebec is considering changing the names of 11 locations, including lakes and rapids, that contain a racial epithet.
Russia to add new countries to its food import ban list: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it planned to add new countries to the list of those from which it has banned food imports in retaliation for Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.
Russia says Kiev behind deteriorating situation in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow urged Kiev to end its “irresponsible actions” in east Ukraine, a day after the Ukrainian military reported the heaviest shelling by Russian-backed rebels since a truce was agreed in February.
U.S. F-16 jet crashes in southern Germany, pilot ejects
BERLIN (Reuters) – A U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in a forest in southern Germany during a training flight on Tuesday but the pilot managed to eject safely, police and U.S. Air Force officials said.
Dutch prosecutors: fragments from MH17 site may be from Russian-made missile
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Some of the debris recovered from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine may be fragments of a Russian-made missile system, Dutch prosecutors leading an international investigation said on Tuesday.
Australia ruling party blocks members from voting for gay marriage
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s conservative coalition government on Tuesday blocked its members from voting in favor of gay marriage, a politically risky move that effectively rules out a marriage equality bill passing under…
Anti-Houthi Fighters advance into central Yemeni city
SANAA (Reuters) – Militiamen clashed with Yemen’s dominant Houthi group inside the city of Ibb on Tuesday, residents said, in their latest significant advance into territory the Houthis had held unopposed for months.
Zimbabwe partially lifts ban on big game hunting around Cecil’s park
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe has partially lifted a ban on big-game hunting around Hwange National Park that was imposed after an international outcry over the killing of Cecil, the country’s most prized lion, by an American dentist last month.
Islamic State attacks Syrian rebels near Turkish border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State has launched a new offensive against Syrian rebels north of Aleppo, gaining ground near the Turkish-Syrian border in an area where Turkey and the United States aim to create an area free of the jihadist group.
Russia says ‘early details’ of plan to fight Islamic State start to emerge
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday “early details” of how to coordinate international efforts to fight Islamic States have started to emerge.
