EU wants Iran to play ‘major but positive role’ in Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The European Union’s top diplomat on Tuesday voiced the hope that Iran would play an important but constructive role in a renewed United Nations push to restart negotiations aimed at ending the four-year civil war in Syria.
U.S. Senate rejects bid to consider Iran nuclear deal a treaty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday rejected an effort to require an international nuclear agreement with Iran to be considered a treaty, which would have forced any deal to be approved by two-thirds of the Senate’s 100 members before it …
Britain’s Labour has one-point lead ahead of election: YouGov
(Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party has a one percentage point lead over Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives, according to a YouGov opinion poll for the Sun newspaper published on Tuesday.
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…
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…
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.
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.
