Israeli civilian, Palestinian girl killed in Gaza flare-up
GAZA (Reuters) – A Gaza sniper shot dead an Israeli civilian over the border on Tuesday and Israel hit back with air strikes on two Hamas training camps which hospital officials said killed a Palestinian girl near one of the targets.
Wife of Kazakh oligarch thanks Italy after travel ban dropped
ROME (Reuters) – The wife of an exiled Kazakh oligarch accused of embezzling millions of dollars from his former bank thanked Italy on Tuesday for helping her to overturn a travel ban, months after she was expelled from Rome.
Ukraine receives first tranche of Russian bailout
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia told Ukraine on Tuesday it had transferred the first $3 billion tranche of a $15 billion bailout, part of plans to keep Kiev firmly within Moscow’s orbit and out of the European Union’s embrace.
Iran’s Rouhani eyes rebuilding relations with United States
BERLIN (Reuters) – Iran wants to improve bilateral relations with the United States and other Western powers, President Hassan Rouhani said in comments published in a German newspaper on Monday, broaching an issue he has so far avoided since he took of…
Suicide car bomb kills 15 at Egyptian police compound
CAIRO (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at a police compound in Egypt’s Nile Delta on Tuesday, killing 15 people, the interior ministry said, in one of the deadliest attacks since the army deposed President Mohamed Mur…
Storms wreak havoc in Britain, France on Christmas Eve
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – Hurricane-force winds and torrential rain disrupted transport networks and cut power supplies in Britain and France on Tuesday, one of the busiest travel days of the year just before Christmas, pushing the death toll to at leas…
Italian migrant center cleared after protests
ROME (Reuters) – Italian authorities began clearing a migrant reception center on the island of Lampedusa on Tuesday after a row over harsh living conditions that prompted detainees to sew their lips together in protest.
After Arctic austerity, Khodorkovsky savors Berlin luxury
BERLIN/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The luxury hotel in Berlin where Mikhail Khodorkovsky has spent the last few nights is worlds away from Corrective Colony No. 7, where the former oil tycoon was locked up for years.
Bangladesh opposition calls for protest at ‘farcical’ election
DHAKA (Reuters) – Opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia on Tuesday urged Bangladeshis to march to the capital Dhaka at the weekend to protest against what she called “farcical” elections on January 5, and declared: “Democracy is dead.”
Russia to host talks on eliminating Syria chemical arsenal
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will host international talks on Friday on the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
