Ukraine parliament votes in new government, fresh ceasefire hopes fade
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament voted in a new government on Tuesday, putting foreign technocrats in key financial roles and renewing terms for the foreign and defense ministers in a signal that no major change in policy is likely on the rebellio…
Egyptian court sentences 185 to death for attack on police
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian judge sentenced 185 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death on Tuesday over an attack on a police station near Cairo last year in which 12 policemen were killed.
Gunmen kill six Lebanese soldiers on border with Syria: security source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least six Lebanese soldiers when they attacked an army patrol near the border with Syria on Tuesday, the army and a Lebanese security source said.
U.S. couple stuck in Qatar in child death case can leave
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Qatar will soon lift a travel ban that has kept a U.S. couple from leaving the Gulf Arab state even after their convictions in the death of their African-born adopted daughter were overturned, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry …
Hong Kong Occupy founders tell students to retreat amid fears of violence
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The founders of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central civil disobedience movement on Tuesday called on pro-democracy activists to retreat from the city center over fears of violence, just hours after a student leader had called on supporters…
Lebanon detains wife of Islamic State leader
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday, in a move seen as likely to put pressure on the Islamist chief….
NATO backs U.S.-led training force for Afghanistan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to launch a new training mission for Afghanistan next year, replacing combat troops who pull out by the end of the year after 13 years of war.
Mother of South African baby swapped at birth says hospital mocked her
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African mother whose baby was accidentally swapped at birth said on Tuesday that hospital workers had mocked her when she insisted she had given birth to a girl, not a boy.
New Syrian opposition grouping fails to entice major rebel factions
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The latest effort to unify the fractured Syrian military opposition has done little to create a cohesive vehicle for foreign military aid that could fight insurgents in Syria, after at least two major rebel groups dropped out of th…
Kenyan president changes security officials after al Shabaab kill 36
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somali al Shabaab Islamist militants killed 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya on Tuesday, prompting the president to sweep out his top security officials in order to tackle a relentless wave of violence.
