Kurds gain ground but not control in struggle for Syrian border town
BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) – Syrian Kurds backed by fighters from northern Iraq have gained ground towards breaking the siege of the Syrian border town of Kobani but are drawing heavy fire from Islamic State insurgents and have yet to win back…
Mexico investigates police in shooting of pregnant American teen
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities are investigating police in the northern city of Reynosa on the Texas border after a pregnant 14-year-old American girl was shot and injured during a high-speed car chase, the local government said on Tuesday…
Romania will narrow budget deficit in 2015 without hiking taxes: PM Ponta
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania will narrow its budget deficit next year without hiking taxes, leftist Prime Minister Victor Ponta said late on Tuesday – despite having promised pension and minimum wage increases that analysts say are unsustainable.
Netanyahu, speaking to U.S. Jewish group, warns of Iran’s nuclear threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking to a conference of Jewish leaders in Washington, on Tuesday sternly warned against a possible international deal with Iran that would end sanctions but fail to stop it from gett…
Irish-born priest to serve no jail time in Chile child sex abuse case
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – An Irish-born priest, found guilty last month of sexually abusing a child in his care at a religious school in Santiago, will avoid jail time under a sentence handed down on Tuesday.
U.S., China to announce deals to reduce military tensions: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China are planning to announce military agreements aimed at reducing the possibility of confrontation between the two powers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.
Canada honors war dead weeks after soldiers die in domestic attacks
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Thousands gathered for Remembrance Day ceremonies at Canada’s war memorial on Tuesday, the same site where a soldier was shot dead three weeks ago in an attack on parliament.
U.N. says 13.6 million displaced by wars in Iraq and Syria
GENEVA (Reuters) – About 13.6 million people, equivalent to the population of London, have been displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and many are without food or shelter as winter starts, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
After Bae release, Christian groups tread carefully in North Korea
SEATTLE/SEOUL (Reuters) – Christian groups in North Korea are vowing to carry on their missionary work despite mounting risks since Korean-American activist Kenneth Bae was imprisoned two years ago.
Suicide bomber kills eight in northern Iraqi city Baiji
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed eight people including six soldiers on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Baiji where government forces are trying to reassert control to break an Islamic State siege of the country’s largest refinery near…
