U.S. judge signs order to seize Kurdish oil from tanker off Texas
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Acting on a request from the central government in Iraq, a U.S. judge has signed an order telling the U.S. Marshals Service to seize a cargo of oil from Iraqi Kurdistan aboard a tanker off the Texas coast, court filings showed on Tu…
Magnitude 6.3 quake hits Mexico, no major damages or injuries
(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit southwest of Juan Rodriguez Clara, in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Tuesday at a depth of 95 km (60 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major …
Special Report: Where Ukraine’s separatists get their weapons
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – On the last day of May, a surface-to-air rocket was signed out of a military base near Moscow where it had been stored for more than 20 years.
Britain cuts EU migrants’ access to welfare payments
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday set out new welfare rules to cut access to social security payments for migrants from the European Union, the latest in a string of British measures aimed at addressing voter concern ov…
Philippines to propose no action to raise tension in sea disputes
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines will propose a freeze on all activity that raises tension in disputed waters in the South China Sea as part of a three-part plan at a regional security meeting next month, Manila’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
China’s war games don’t faze Japan but disrupt civilian air traffic
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is holding some of its most extensive military exercises this week off its eastern seaboard, and although rival Japan is unperturbed, they are causing massive disruptions in civilian air traffic in Shanghai and other cities.
South Korea ferry boss’s driver who may hold key to mystery turns self in
INCHEON South Korea (Reuters) – The driver of a South Korean businessman wanted over the sinking of a ferry that killed 304 people turned himself in on Tuesday, potentially unlocking the mystery of the businessman’s final days after the country’s worst…
Gold, diamonds feed Central African religious violence
NDASSIMA Central African Republic (Reuters) – Three young rebels, their AK47s propped against wooden stools in the afternoon heat, guard the entrance to the giant Ndassima goldmine carved deep into a forested hilltop in Central African Republic.
Huge blaze out of control in Tripoli battle as Libya slides into chaos
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A huge fuel depot in Libya’s capital burned out of control on Monday, set ablaze in fighting between rival militias that has driven the country to chaos three years after the NATO-backed revolt that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
Australia issues arrest warrants over Syria severed head photos
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has issued arrest warrants for a pair of Australian citizens believed to be fighting in Syria, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Tuesday, after images emerged of the two holding the severed heads of …
