Mother of missionary jailed in North Korea pleads with U.S. for help
SEOUL (Reuters) – The mother of a U.S. missionary jailed in North Korea for state subversion pleaded on Tuesday for the U.S. government to help secure her ailing son’s release as she ended a trip to see him.
Italy rescues 300 migrants, sends navy ships, drones on patrols
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s navy rescued about 300 migrants in the waters between Sicily and Libya on Tuesday as the government deployed ships, helicopters and unmanned drones to help avert further shipwrecks that have already drowned hundreds this month….
Bomb at Myanmar luxury hotel wounds American tourist
YANGON (Reuters) – It was just before midnight when the crude time-bomb exploded in the ninth-floor guest room in the luxurious Traders Hotel in Myanmar’s biggest city, badly wounding an American tourist and showering the streets below with glass.
Mosque bombing kills 8 Sunni worshippers in northern Iraq
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – A bomb exploded near a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing eight Sunni worshippers after the first prayer of the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, or Eid al-Adha, police and medical sources said.
Jailing of wheelchair-bound Beijing airport bomber sparks anger
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese man in a wheelchair who detonated a home-made bomb in Beijing’s airport after trying to draw attention to a nearly decade-long legal battle was sentenced to six years in jail, his lawyer said on Tuesday, sparking widesprea…
Typhoon Nari hits Vietnam, 122,000 people evacuated
HANOI (Reuters) – Typhoon Nari knocked down trees and damaged hundreds of houses in central Vietnam early on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, state media said.
Venezuela, Guyana to meet over seized oil ship, detained crew
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela and Guyana will meet on Thursday to resolve the fate of a ship and crew hired by a U.S. oil exploration firm that Venezuela seized in waters disputed for more than a century by the South American neighbors.
Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Philippines, no tsunami threat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Philippines, no tsunami threat
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
U.S. Congress calls for hard line on Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers urged President Barack Obama to keep to a hard line on sanctions imposed on Iran on Monday, a day before the resumption of talks on its nuclear program between world powers and Tehran.
