Lebanese soldier killed in clashes with Sunni militants
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – A Lebanese soldier was killed on Thursday evening during clashes with Sunni Muslim fighters in the coastal city of Tripoli after the army tried to storm a Sunni area, a security source said.
Insight – Fukushima water tanks: leaky and built with illegal labor
NAHA, Japan (Reuters) – Storage tanks at the Fukushima nuclear plant like one that spilled almost 80,000 gallons of radioactive water this year were built in part by workers illegally hired in one of the poorest corners of Japan, say labor regulators a…
U.S. assures Israel that core Iran sanctions still in place
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that core sanctions against Iran would remain in place despite its interim nuclear deal with world powers.
Syrian opposition alleges new poison gas attack
AMMAN (Reuters) – Opposition activists again accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of using poison gas in Syria’s civil war on Thursday, and said victims had been discovered with swollen limbs and foaming at the mouth.
Ukraine police give protesters deadline, PM brands them ‘Nazis’
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian police on Thursday warned pro-Europe protesters they faced a “harsh” crackdown if they did not end their occupation of public offices in Kiev, while President Viktor Yanukovich’s prime minister denounced them as “Nazis and cr…
Swiss expert contests French finding that Arafat not poisoned
GENEVA (Reuters) – A Swiss scientist who examined samples from the body of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said French experts had made weak arguments in concluding that he could not have died of poisoning in 2004.
U.S. eyes sea trials of gear that may destroy Syria chemical arms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will conduct a sea test this month of equipment that could be used to neutralize Syria’s most deadly chemical weapons at sea, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday.
Al Qaeda linked group says it attacked Iraqi mall, police HQ-SITE
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A group linked to al Qaeda said it was behind suicide attacks on an Iraqi police intelligence headquarters and shopping mall in the northern city of Kirkuk, the SITE monitoring group said on Thursday, citing a communique.
U.S. repatriates Algerian Guantanamo detainees who fear going home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has repatriated two Algerians held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than a decade, the Pentagon said on Thursday, in what the men’s attorneys described as an involuntary transfer that ig…
U.S. charges 49 Russian diplomats with healthcare fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have charged 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their family members with participating in a scheme to get health benefits intended for the poor by lying about their income.
