Israel says Iran violated sanctions by purchasing aircraft
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A senior Israeli official took a swipe at Washington on Tuesday over Iran’s purchase of second-hand civilian aircraft, saying the acquisition violated U.S. sanctions and went ahead despite a tip-off from Israel.
Homeless Nepalis sleep in the open as monsoon rains approach
THALI, Nepal (Reuters) – Nepali tea shop owner Phurba Sherpa has spent four nights cramped under a tarpaulin with his wife and nine others on a school field outside Kathmandu since falling rocks triggered by an earthquake last week demolished his dista…
Islamist group says holding Romanian hostage seized in Burkina
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – An Islamist militant group says it is holding a Romanian man kidnapped from a mine in Burkina Faso last month, Mauritania’s Alakhbar news website said late on Monday.
Ethiopia’s newest party takes on ruling juggernaut
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The leader of Ethiopia’s newest opposition party hopes discontent among urban youth will win him support in a weekend election that could otherwise be a clean sweep for the ruling party in Africa’s most populous nation after Nig…
Mother of U.S. reporter missing 3 years in Syria urges U.S. help
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The mother of American reporter Austin Tice, who has been missing in Syria for more than three years, believes her son is alive and well and urged Washington and Damascus to work together to free him.
Western scholars press Japan’s Abe on war history
TOKYO (Reuters) – More than 450 mostly Western scholars have urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to confront boldly Japan’s wartime past, the latest sign that the conservative leader has not erased concern that he wants to dilute past apologies.
Trial of Iranian-American journalist to start in Tehran on May 26: ISNA
ANKARA (Reuters) – The trial of jailed Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian will begin on May 26 at a court in Tehran, a judicial spokesman told a semi-official news agency on Tuesday, without elaborating on the charges against him.
U.N. urges southeast Asian nations to let migrants reach land
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations agencies urged Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand on Tuesday to step up sea rescue operations and stop preventing thousands of desperate migrants from reaching land.
Russia’s Lavrov to meet NATO chief in Brussels on Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will hold a short meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, a NATO official said.
Thai junta delays polls, raising questions about return to democracy
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s junta delayed a general election by at least six months on Tuesday, hours after former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was banned from traveling overseas, raising questions about a promised return to democracy.
