Kiev says cannot withdraw heavy weapons as attacks persist
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Kiev accused pro-Russian rebels of opening fire with rockets and artillery at villages in southeastern Ukraine on Monday, all but burying a week-old European-brokered ceasefire deal.
Israeli troops shoot and kill Palestinian in West Bank clash
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the military and a Palestinian hospital official said.
New Zealand to help train Iraq army fight IS
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand will send soldiers to help train Iraq’s armed forces fight Islamic State militants, but would not be involved in combat, the government said on Tuesday.
Mainland Chinese visits to Hong Kong drop amid tensions
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The number of mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year holidays fell for the first time in about 20 years as they have felt increasingly unwelcome amid political unrest in the city.
Ex-Panamian supreme court chief pleads guilty to corruption
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A former president of Panama’s supreme court has pleaded guilty to charges of illicit enrichment as well as falsifying documents and will serve a five-year jail sentence, authorities said on Monday.
U.S. jury orders Palestinian groups to pay attack victims $218.5 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Monday found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority liable for supporting terrorist attacks in Israel more than a decade ago that killed dozens of people.
High cost, slow pace of Guantanamo proceedings become issue at hearing
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – The years-long pace of bringing al Qaeda suspects at Guantanamo Bay to trial emerged as a key issue in a hearing on Monday for the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing as his lawyers warned that speeding up tribunal pr…
Mexico complains about remarks attributed to pope over drug image
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico said on Monday it would send a letter to the Vatican to complain about remarks attributed to Pope Francis about the risk of Argentina suffering a criminal “Mexicanization” due to the spread of drug gangs there.
U.S. Senate Democrats invite Netanyahu to meeting during visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. Senate Democrats invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to a closed-door meeting with Democratic senators during his upcoming visit to Washington, warning that making U.S.-Israeli relations a …
Two men sentenced to 25 years in plot to attack Americans in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two men convicted of seeking to join al Qaeda and training to carry out attacks on Americans in Afghanistan were sentenced on Monday to 25 years in federal prison, the U.S. Justice Department said.
