South Korea parties back, families oppose, ferry disaster probe
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean ruling and opposition party leaders agreed on Tuesday on legislation to investigate April’s Sewol ferry disaster more deeply, but a spokesman for families of the victims said they would oppose the bill.
Gaza truce collapses, fighting erupts, Israel orders negotiators home
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip collapsed on Tuesday, with Palestinian militants firing dozens of rockets at Israel and Israel launching air strikes that health officials said killed three people including a woman and a young g…
Appalled if video of journalist murder by Islamic State genuine: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agents were working to verify the authenticity of a video purported to show the murder of an American journalist by Islamic State and expressed outrage if it turns out to be …
Rail firm poorly audited before Canada disaster: report
LAC-MÉGANTIC Quebec (Reuters) – The Canadian government did not adequately audit the railroad company at the center of the Lac-Mégantic crude tanker disaster, which last year killed 47 people, an independent federal agency said on Tuesday, as it called for tougher scrutiny of the rail industry.
Libyan militia fire rockets into affluent Tripoli residential district
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Libyan militiamen fired rockets into an affluent district of Tripoli early on Tuesday, moving a battle with a rival armed faction closer to the center of the capital after fighters on one side came under air attack.
Turkish president Gul tips FM Davutoglu to be next prime minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Outgoing Turkish president Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday that Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was likely to take over as chairman of the ruling AK Party, and thus become the next prime minister.
Advancing Ukraine troops take fight to heart of pro-Moscow rebellion
DONETSK Ukraine/BERLIN (Reuters) – A gun battle broke out in the center of the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk and residents ran for cover from artillery fire on Tuesday, taking a government military offensive into the heart of the retreating pro-…
Migrant rape victim denied abortion in Ireland: paper
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A migrant who said she was raped in her homeland before traveling to Ireland gave birth by Caesarean section when she was 24 weeks pregnant after Irish doctors rejected her request for an abortion on the grounds of…
Nigeria former anti-graft tsar defects to scandal-hit, ruling PDP
YOLA Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s former anti-corruption chief Nuhu Ribadu has defected to the ruling People’s Democratic Party to contest a state election, in a filip for President Goodluck Jonathan, whose PDP has been reeling from high profile corru…
Pope Francis grieving for relatives killed in Argentina crash
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Pope Francis was deeply grieved, the Vatican’s official broadcasting service said on Tuesday, after the deaths of three relatives killed when their car slammed into the back of a truck on a highway in central Argentina.
