New law to allow Japan to supply U.S. military in South China Sea, say officials
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plans to expand Japan’s non-combat role in armed conflicts beyond “areas around Japan” could see Tokyo becoming dragged into action in the South China Sea in support of U.S. forces, government and ruling pa…
Two Egyptian policemen killed by unidentified gunmen in Cairo: state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two Egyptian policemen were killed after being shot by unidentified gunmen in Cairo on Tuesday evening, state media reported.
Former Egyptian president Mursi jailed for 20 years
CAIRO (Reuters) – Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mursi was sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole on Tuesday on charges arising from the killing of protesters, nearly three years after he became Egypt’s first freely elected president.
Italian prosecutors blame captain for collision in migrant shipwreck
CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors blamed the captain of a grossly overloaded fishing boat for a collision which capsized and sank his vessel off Libya, drowning hundreds of migrants including many women and children locked below deck.
Britain, France urge UN action on Middle East, NZ drafting text
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Britain and France urged the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to set a framework to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians as council member New Zealand said it had started working on a draft resolution to…
UK police question Piers Morgan over phone hacking
LONDON (Reuters) – Piers Morgan, a former CNN television host, has been questioned for a second time by London police in connection with allegations of phone hacking at the Daily Mirror tabloid he used to edit.
U.N. Security Council concerned by Mediterranean migrant smuggling
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council expressed grave concern on Tuesday at the growth in people smuggling in the Mediterranean Sea and deplored Sunday’s deadly shipwreck of migrants trying to reach Europe that may have killed …
Macedonia says Kosovo gunmen take police hostage overnight, call for Albanian state
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonia said on Tuesday 40 armed men in camouflage uniforms and speaking Albanian had crossed from neighboring Kosovo and taken several police officers hostage overnight, calling for the creation of “an Albanian state”.
Iranian flotilla a ‘factor’ in warship deployment off Yemen: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Tuesday the presence of a large convoy of Iranian cargo ships in the Arabian Sea was one factor in the U.S. decision to deploy additional warships in the waters off war-torn Yemen but was not the primary reas…
Two air strikes in Yemen kill at least 40 people, mostly civilians
(Reuters) – Two air strikes in Yemen on Tuesday killed at least 40 people, most of them civilians and wounded dozens of others, medical sources said.
