Testing Beijing, Japan eyes growing role in South China Sea security
TOKYO (Reuters) – Seventy years after its imperial forces were kicked out of the South China Sea, Japan is quietly moving back into the region, forging security ties with the Philippines and Vietnam as both Southeast Asian nations try to cope with Chin…
Graphic torture photos from Syria on display at United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Britain, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States are holding an exhibit at the United Nations of graphic photos taken in Syria by a former military police photographer that show what appear to be evidence of…
Houthi leader accuses Gulf states of backing al Qaeda in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – The head of Yemen’s Houthis accused Gulf Arab states on Tuesday of supplying weapons and funds to Islamist militants, in an effort to create an environment in the southern part of the country where al Qaeda could flourish.
German envoy rebukes professor for spurning Indian student over ‘rape problem’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s ambassador to India has rebuked a German university professor for what he said was the rejection of an internship application from a male Indian student on grounds of India’s “rape problem”.
France mourns sports stars killed in Argentina helicopter crash
BUENOS AIRES/PARIS (Reuters) – France mourned on Tuesday the deaths of three sports stars who were among 10 people killed when two helicopters collided in a remote region of Argentina during the filming of a reality TV show.
More Russian tanks, equipment cross Ukraine border: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian tanks and heavy military equipment have crossed the Ukrainian border in the last few days in breach of a European-brokered ceasefire agreed on Feb. 12, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday.
Gangland grenade attack outside Guatemala hospital kills one, hurts 22
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – At least one woman was killed and 22 people were injured on Tuesday after a drive-by grenade attack outside Guatemala’s second-largest hospital aimed at a jailed gang leader who was having a check-up, the country’s interior m…
Germany used legal tricks to avoid WW2 reparations: Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accused Germany on Tuesday of using legal tricks to avoid paying reparations for the Nazi occupation of Greece and said he would support parliamentary efforts to review the matter.
Canada lawmakers hear Hong Kong democracy activist over China’s objections
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Veteran Hong Kong democracy campaigner Martin Lee, testifying on Tuesday at a Canadian parliamentary committee over the objections of the Chinese government, appealed to Ottawa to stand with those struggling for democracy in Hong Kon…
Myanmar police beat students, journalists, monks; about 100 detained
LETPADAN, Myanmar (Reuters) – – Myanmar police beat students, monks and journalists with batons on Tuesday as they dispersed a protest over a proposed new education law after a standoff that lasted more than a week, drawing condemnation from the United…
