Obama to meet with Saudi crown prince, deputy in Oval Office on Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office on Wednesday, ahead of a summit with other Gulf Arab leaders, the White House sai…
Yemen truce starts after shelling, Iran sends cargo ship
CAIRO/ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi-led air strikes hit the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa hours before a five-day humanitarian truce took effect on Tuesday, and Washington cautioned against “provocative actions” after Iran dispatched a cargo ship to Yemen.
ICC prosecutor says could investigate Islamic State in Libya
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court can investigate alleged crimes by Islamic State militants in Libya, but it is first up to individual states to prosecute their citizens accused of offences, The Hague-based court’s prosecutor …
Hollande promises to pay ‘moral debt’ to former colony Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande pledged to pay back a “moral debt” to Haiti during a visit on Tuesday to the impoverished Caribbean nation founded by former French slaves who declared independence in 1804.
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits off Japanese island of Honshu: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit off the main Japanese island of Honshu, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Tuesday.
U.S., Russia speak of cooperation but no breakthroughs
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Top U.S. and Russian officials said they hoped to work together on contentious issues such as the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria but offered no sign of concrete progress after more than eight hours of talks on Tuesday.
Embattled Macedonian PM sacrifices two top allies
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonia’s embattled prime minister removed his interior minister and his intelligence chief quit on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to save the government from a damaging surveillance scandal.
Brazil dengue outbreak exposes tough challenge for Rousseff
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – An epidemic of dengue fever is fanning public anger over what Brazilians say is President Dilma Rousseff’s biggest challenge – the sad state of the national healthcare system.
Colombia rebel leaders met secretly to pursue peace talks: government
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The head of Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels has met with his counterpart in the smaller ELN guerrilla group to try to convince him to bring his movement into peace talks, a senior government negotiator said on Tuesday.The FARC, or Rev…
Moroccan king to replace four ministers: royal statement
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s king will replace four government ministers and has asked the country’s prime minister for candidates for the posts, the royal cabinet said in statement carried by the state news agency MAP on Tuesday.
