Hearing fails to calm anger over deal to free Bergdahl
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A closed-door congressional hearing on the release of Bowe Bergdahl failed to calm Republican anger on Tuesday over the administration’s secretive deal to trade five Taliban leaders held at Guantanamo for the U.S. prisoner of war…
After Ukraine, U.S. trains more special forces in eastern Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As NATO refocuses on its eastern borders after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the United States is quietly deploying more troops to train special forces in former Soviet bloc states anxious about Moscow’s intentions.
Brazil’s Rousseff loses support ahead of October vote: poll
RIO DEIRO (Reuters) – Support for President Dilma Rousseff continues to slip ahead of October’s elections, according to a poll released Tuesday, but she remains comfortably ahead of her two main rivals.
Iran questions nuclear deal deadline as talks ‘hit wall’
GENEVA/PARIS (Reuters) – Iran, after talks with senior U.S. officials, questioned whether a July deadline for a nuclear deal with world powers will be met, fueling doubts on the outcome as France spoke out, saying talks on curbing Tehran’s uranium enri…
Mosul falls to militants, Iraqi forces flee northern city
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – An al Qaeda splinter group seized control of the Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, putting security forces to flight in a spectacular show of strength against the Shi’ite-led Baghdad government.
Dozen corpses found in pickup in gang-ridden Mexican state
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – (The story corrects location of capture in paragraph 5 to Mazatlan from Culiacan)
Colombia government in preliminary peace talks with ELN rebels
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has begun exploratory peace talks with leftist ELN rebels, he said on Tuesday, just days before voters go to the polls in one of the tightest presidential election battles in decades.
Colombia government in preliminary peace talks with ELN rebels
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has begun exploratory peace talks with leftist ELN rebels, he said on Tuesday, just days before voters go to the polls in one of the tightest presidential election battles in decades.
Assad tops list of Syria war crimes suspects handed to ICC: former prosecutor
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tops a list of 20 sample war crimes indictments of government officials and rebels drafted by experts for prosecution someday, a former international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Turkish minister says abducted drivers in Iraq are safe
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday a group of Turkish truck drivers being held by suspected militants from an al Qaeda splinter group in Iraq were “safe and sound.”
