Kyrgyzstan cancels cooperation treaty with United States
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan canceled a cooperation treaty with the United States on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a diplomatic row triggered by the award of a human rights prize to a jailed dissident.
Three Spanish journalists believed kidnapped in Syria
MADRID (Reuters) – Three Spanish freelance journalists have gone missing in Syria and are believed to have been kidnapped, Spanish media said on Tuesday.
Italian coast guard rescues 414 boat migrants including 4 newborns
ROME (Reuters) – Three Italian ships rescued 414 migrants from four boats in the Mediterranean sea on Tuesday, Italy’s coast guard said, with four newborns and one young child among those saved.
Slovenian band plays Pyongyang to provoke those outside North Korea
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – A Slovenian avant-garde rock band that plans to be the first western pop act to perform in North Korea said it aimed to provoke debate beyond the isolated country’s borders.
French prosecutor recommends closing Arafat death Inquiry
PARIS (Reuters) – A French prosecutor recommended on Tuesday the closing of an investigation into the death in France of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whose widow alleged he was poisoned.
Germany struggles with surge in arson attacks against refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – Hardly a day has passed this year in Germany without an attack on refugee shelters as the country struggles to cope with a record-breaking number of asylum-seekers fleeing wars and violence abroad.
Syrian Islamists, courting West, say they will protect minorities
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A conservative Islamist rebel group said on Tuesday it would protect Syria’s minorities, pressing a campaign in Western media to address concerns about one of the most powerful insurgent forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
Germanwings crash families call for apology from Lufthansa CEO
BERLIN (Reuters) – The families of 18 schoolchildren and teachers killed in the Germanwings crash have called for an apology from the head of Lufthansa, saying their children might still be alive if the airline’s doctors had paid more attention to the …
No word from Czechs missing, possibly kidnapped, in Lebanon: foreign minister
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic has received no information on the whereabouts of five of its citizens who went missing in Lebanon last week and is treating the case as a possible kidnapping, Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said on Tuesday.
British police charge man with plotting against U.S. military
LONDON (Reuters) – British prosecutors charged a man on Tuesday with plotting to attack U.S. military personnel based in Britain and planning to join Islamic State militants in Syria with his uncle.
