Rebels smuggling Syria chemical weapons strike evidence to U.N. experts
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian activists say they are smuggling out body tissue samples from victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack outside Damascus and are trying to get them to a team of United Nations inspectors staying in a hotel a few miles away…
UK’s Hague says believes Syria’s Assad behind chemical attack
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Friday it believed forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were responsible for a chemical weapons attacks in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus, saying it thought the Syrian government had “something to hide…
Insight: In Fukushima end-game, radiated water has nowhere to go
TOKYO (Reuters) – In the weeks after the Fukushima nuclear plant was destroyed by a triple meltdown in March 2011, the plant’s owner turned to three of Japan’s largest construction companies for a quick fix to store radiated water that was pooling in t…
Russia: Syrian rebels preventing probe into alleged chemical attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday Syria’s opposition was preventing an objective investigation into allegations the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attack.
Former BBC radio host in court to face sex charges
LONDON (Reuters) – One of Britain’s best-known radio presenters from the 1970s and 1980s, who counted Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi among his fans, appeared in court on Friday accused of sex offences over a 30-year period.
Syria government, rebels ramp up conventional weapons use
LONDON (Reuters) – Syria’s warring sides might have struggled to get the foreign arms they want, but even before this week’s apparent chemical attack both government and opposition were using ever more powerful conventional weapons.
Gibraltar could open waters to Spanish fishermen by October: report
MADRID (Reuters) – British overseas territory Gibraltar could open its waters to Spanish fishermen again by October, its chief minister was cited as saying on Friday, potentially offering a means to resolve a recent spat with Spain which lays claim to …
Two explosions hit Lebanon’s Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Two explosions rocked Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli on Friday, causing casualties, witnesses and security sources said.
UK says time running out for Syrian chemical attack inspection
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain warned on Friday that U.N. inspectors needed urgent access to the site of a reported chemical weapons attack in Syria because evidence could deteriorate or be concealed by those responsible.
Israel bombs pro-Assad Lebanon militants after rocket attack
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s air force on Friday bombed a militant base in Lebanon used by allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and radical Islamists in retaliation for a rare cross-border rocket salvo a day earlier, Israeli and Lebanese offici…
