Train carrying MH17 bodies on final journey reaches Ukraine city
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – A train carrying the remains of many of the 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in a Ukrainian government-held city on Tuesday on the first leg of their final journey home to be reclaimed by their families.
Iraqi air strikes kill 19 around militant-held Falluja: medical official
FALLUJA Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi government air strikes killed 19 people, including children, in Falluja on Monday and Tuesday, a health official in the militant-held city said.
Benin detains 10 people in child trafficking probe
COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin has detained 10 people on suspicions of child-trafficking just weeks after a group in neighboring Niger was held for links to a “baby factory” ring, police sources said on Tuesday.
Battered by election, Indonesia’s new president faces party clash
JAKARTA (Reuters) – After winning Indonesia’s closest ever presidential election, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo now faces what could be his toughest battle yet – winning over his own party.
Suicide attack escalates Libya violence, oil output slips
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – A twin suicide bombing at a Libyan army base in Benghazi killed at least four solders in an escalation of clashes between Islamist militants and regular forces battling to oust them from the eastern city.
Indonesian president-elect Jokowi calls for unity after bitter election
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was declared the winner of Indonesia’s presidential election on Tuesday, bringing the promise of major reforms to the world’s third-largest democracy.
Boko Haram moves unopposed in strategic Nigerian town
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – A raid on an army base in northeast Nigeria and massacres of civilians in nearby villages at the weekend have left Boko Haram free to move unopposed in a strategic garrison town, witnesses and security sources said.
Homemade explosive goes off at Santiago church, another defused
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A homemade incendiary device exploded outside the entrance to a Santiago church early Tuesday morning, but no one was hurt and there was minor damage, government spokesman Alvaro Elizalde said.
Suicide bomb kills at least four at army base in Benghazi: security source
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – At least four people were killed in a suicide bombing at an army base in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday, a security source said.
Turkey’s Erdogan acknowledges strains with Obama
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has acknowledged his relations with U.S. President Barack Obama have soured, saying he had been disappointed among other things by a lack of U.S. action over the war in neighbouring Syria.
