Chinese aircraft performed ‘unsafe’ maneuver near U.S. plane: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese aircraft performed an unsafe maneuver during an air intercept of a U.S. spy plane last week, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday, an incident revealed just as Chinese President Xi Jinping kicks off a week-long U.S. vis…
Pentagon announces transfer of Guantanamo detainee to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it had transferred Abdul Shalabi, a longtime hunger striker at the Guantanamo Bay prison and described as a bodyguard for former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to his home country of Saudi Arab…
Ghanaians turn out massively to watch alleged judges bribery video
ACCRA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Ghanaians on Tuesday trooped to Accra to watch alleged acts of bribery involving judges and other judicial service workers captured on video by an investigative journalist.
Tsipras to back Greek bailout with Tsakalotos as finance minister
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appointed two respected bailout negotiators to head his economic team on Tuesday, moving to assure wary European partners that the new government will not backtrack on its cash-for-reform deal.
Palestinian killed attacking Israeli forces, woman dies
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian militant died when a bomb he was trying to throw at Israeli forces blew up near the West Bank city of Hebron overnight, officials from both sides said on Tuesday, as tension mounted on the eve of the Jewish…
Russian aircraft in Syria consistent with ‘force protection’: Kerry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military has assessed that the type of Russian aircraft in Syria is consistent with protecting their own forces, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday and called on Russia and Iran to be helpful in ending th…
Militants, migrants, pope and Putin to headline at United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – World leaders will gather for their annual meeting at the United Nations starting Friday as Europe faces a flood of asylum seekers, many fleeing Syria’s civil war in the worst humanitarian crisis since the world body was crea…
Russia seen building up two more military facilities in Syria: Jane’s
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite photos taken in mid-September and obtained by IHS Jane’s show Russian forces developing two additional military facilities near Syria’s Mediterranean coast, Rob Munks, editor of IHS Jane’s Intelligence Review, said on T…
U.N. agency urges regulators to delay compulsory jetliner tracking
PARIS/MONTREAL (Reuters) – Global aviation regulators are urged to delay by two years plans to require automated tracking of passenger planes to avoid a repeat of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in 2014, according to a report by th…
Guyana accuses Venezuela of ‘aggressive behavior’ near border area
GEORGETOWN (Reuters) – Guyana’s President David Granger said on Tuesday neighboring Venezuela had launched an “extraordinary military deployment” in the east of the OPEC country, near a disputed border area.
