Nepal quake victims still stranded, PM says toll could be 10,000
JHARIBAR/SINDHUPALCHOWK, Nepal (Reuters) – People stranded in remote villages and towns across Nepal were still waiting for aid and relief to arrive on Tuesday, four days after a devastating earthquake destroyed buildings and roads and killed more than…
U.S. says Iranian forces fire on and board cargo ship in Gulf
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian forces boarded a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf on Tuesday after patrol boats fired warning shots across its bow and ordered it deeper into Iranian waters, the Pentagon said.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards seize cargo ship in Gulf
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian patrol boats intercepted a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and forced it into Iranian territorial waters by firing shots across its bow, prompting the U.S. Navy to send a destroyer and reconnaissance p…
Indonesia executes drug convicts, sparks anger from Australia, Brazil
CILACAP, Indonesia (Reuters) – An Indonesian firing squad executed eight convicted drug-traffickers from several countries on Wednesday, prompting Australia to recall its envoy to Jakarta and bringing an angry reaction from Brazil.
Nigerian army says rescues hundreds of girls from Boko Haram camps
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s army has rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a military operation to wrest back the Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram Islamist militant group, it said on Tuesday.
More than 200 killed in Niger, Boko Haram weekend battle
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Around 230 people were killed, including at least 74 from Niger, at the weekend in the country’s bloodiest battle yet with Boko Haram militants from neighbouring Nigeria, the government said on Tuesday.
Red Cross ‘lost moral compass’ in war but says drew lessons
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Red Cross “lost its moral compass” during World War Two, turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by the Nazis, but is speaking out more now about conflicts including Syria, its president said on Tuesday.
Venezuela opposition leader says Jan-April inflation 50 percent
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition leader Henrique Capriles said on Tuesday that the OPEC member’s accumulated inflation rate was 50 percent during the first four months of 2015.
Houthis, tribesmen battle in central Yemen, 15 killed
CAIRO (Reuters) – Heavy fighting between Iranian-allied Houthi militia and local tribesmen killed at least 15 people in Yemen’s oil-producing Marib province and an air strike targeted the home of a senior Houthi official, residents and tribal and medic…
EU’s Juncker sees wiggle room to keep Britain in
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker said he believed Britain could find a compromise on reforming the European Union to keep it in the bloc but ruled out big changes to the open border policy that worries many Britons.
