Ukraine reports new arrivals of Russian supplies for eastern rebels
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine leveled fresh charges on Tuesday that Russia was sending support to pro-Russian separatists in the east, saying that five columns of heavy equipment were seen crossing onto Ukrainian territory on Monday.
U.N. committee spotlights ‘highly intrusive’ digital spying
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A United Nations General Assembly committee on Tuesday expressed concern at digital spying and said unlawful or arbitrary mass surveillance, interception and collection of online data are “highly intrusive acts” that violate …
Canada Parliament to merge security forces after gunman attack
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s two houses of Parliament will merge their security forces after an attack by a gunman last month, officials said on Tuesday, a move aimed at addressing long-standing communications problems.
Syrian government air strikes kill 63 in Raqqa: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 63 people, half of them civilians, were killed when Syrian war planes struck the northeastern city of Raqqa on Tuesday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war in Syria.
Spain asks Cuba to grant free travel to dissidents
HAVANA (Reuters) – Spain’s foreign minister asked Cuba on Tuesday to grant free travel rights to dissidents arrested in the “black spring” of 2003 and released years later under strict conditions.
25 percent of Poles believe local elections were rigged: poll
WARSAW (Reuters) – Twenty-five percent of Poles believe this month’s local elections, whose results were delayed by six days by a failure of a new IT system, were rigged, a poll showed on Tuesday.
Two Malian soldiers killed in landmine explosion
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Two soldiers died and nine were injured when a government minister’s convoy hit a mine in northern Mali on Tuesday, a colonel in the Malian army said.
Eight killed at graduation party in shooting in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Suspected gang members in El Salvador shot dead seven men and a woman early on Tuesday during a middle school graduation party in Pacific seaport town of Acajutla, police said.
Yemeni forces free eight al Qaeda hostages; U.S. says no Americans
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni security forces freed eight hostages including six Yemenis, a Saudi and an Ethiopian, in a raid in which seven al Qaeda kidnappers were also killed, the country’s supreme security committee said.
Mexico’s embattled government poised to unveil law and order measures
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Following mass protests in Mexico over the apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers two months ago, the government will unveil measures this week designed to improve policing and fix a failing justice system, lawmakers said on T…
