Europe struggles to respond as migrants numbers rise threefold
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – More than three times as many migrants were tracked entering the European Union by irregular means last month than a year ago, official data showed on Tuesday, many of them landing on Greek islands after fleeing conflict in Syria.
Brazil’s Rousseff suffers fiscal setbacks in Congress
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate put off a vote on a key austerity bill on Tuesday and the lower house of Congress voted to increase the cost of a workers severance fund, two setbacks for President Dilma Rousseff’s efforts to fight a gaping fiscal …
Saudi-led warplanes hit Yemeni port, aid group sounds alarm
SANAA (Reuters) – Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition hit Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeida on Tuesday, and officials there said the raids destroyed cranes and warehouses in the main entry point for aid supplies to the north of the country.
Thai authorities focus on suspect seen in CCTV footage at blast site
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai authorities said on Tuesday they were looking for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near a popular shrine where a bomb blast killed 22 people, nearly half of them foreigners.
U.N. deploys troops around northern Mali town after clashes
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s U.N. peacekeeping mission deployed troops around a northern separatist stronghold on Tuesday, seeking to prevent an escalation of clashes between rebels and pro-government militias that threaten to torpedo a peace deal.
Mexico marks legal milestone as soldier jailed for disappearance
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican judge on Tuesday convicted and ordered a soldier jailed in connection with the disappearance of a civilian in a northern border state, a legal milestone in a country torn by an almost decade-old war between security fo…
Forget egos, sign peace deal: Uganda tells South Sudan leaders
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda told South Sudan’s warring factions on Tuesday to put their egos aside and make peace, a day after President Salva Kiir refused to sign a deal to end a 20-month-old conflict.
Dutch government to face possible no confidence vote over Greece
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is expected to face a call for a no-confidence vote from euro-sceptic, right-wing rival Geert Wilders, when parliament debates the latest bailout program for Greece on Wednesday.
Islamic State militants behead archaeologist in Palmyra: Syrian official
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Islamic State (IS) militants beheaded an antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and hung his body on a column in a main square of the historic site, Syria’s antiquities chief said on Tuesday.
U.S. military probe of Afghan shooting found Bales’ camp had lax discipline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The month before he killed 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage, Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales bloodied the nose of an Afghan truck driver in an assault that was not reported to his camp commanders, according to a report …
