No DNA match of charred remains for most missing Mexico students: lab
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An Austrian lab has been unable to match incinerated remains found in a dump with the DNA of dozens of trainee teachers Mexico’s government says were abducted and massacred in southwest Mexico, the attorney general’s office said…
Dutch police search house of 18-year-old Belgian raid suspect
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police searched the home of an 18-year-old suspected Islamist militant, whose passport was found during an anti-terror raid in the Belgian town of Verviers last week, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Lebanon charges 28 over cafe bombing: judicial source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon charged 28 people on Tuesday for involvement in a double suicide bomb attack in the northern city of Tripoli this month which killed at least nine people, a judicial source said.
Russia must strengthen army to defend itself: Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia must strengthen its armed forces to protect its sovereignty against the “challenge” posed by other countries that might threaten Moscow.
Nearly 20 more air strikes target Islamic State: U.S. coalition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition conducted nearly 20 more air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq since early on Monday, according to the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations.
Russia may send S-300 missile system to Iran – media
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia might deliver a long-overdue S-300 air defense missile system to Iran, honoring a contract that was canceled in 2010 following strong pressure from the West, Iranian and Russian media said on Tuesday.
Man goes on trial in Germany for helping attack on Syrian jail
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – A German man of Afghan descent went on trial on Tuesday charged with being a member of a terrorist organization and an accomplice to murder in Syria after participating in a jihadist attack on a prison in Aleppo.
Light plane crashes in Kazakhstan, killing six on board
ALMATY (Reuters) – A light passenger plane belonging to Kazakh copper miner Kazakhmys crashed in southern Kazakhstan on Tuesday, killing six of seven people on board, a corporate spokesman and the country’s emergencies committee said.
Italian police break up mafia drug ring in Rome, arresting 26
ROME (Reuters) – Rome police broke up a mafia drug ring with links to Colombian narcotics gangs on Tuesday, arresting 26 people and seizing more than 600 kg (1,300 pounds) of cocaine and hashish.
Turkish police launch wiretapping raids targeting Erdogan foes
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 23 people suspected of a role in illegal wiretapping on Tuesday in a move local media said was aimed at supporters of President Tayyip Erdogan’s ally-turned-foe, U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
