World : Top Stories
Russia says Assad presents reform plans as forces shell Homs (Reuters)Reuters - Russia said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad presented reform plans on Tuesday to help end the bloodshed in Syria, but Western and Arab states acted to isolate Assad further as his forces resumed bombarding the protest hotbed of Homs.
Iran shrugs off latest U.S. sanctions, trade suffers (Reuters)
Reuters - Iran castigated its U.S. adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sanctions on the staples of everyday life.
Reuters - President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, widely credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean archipelago, resigned on Tuesday after weeks of opposition protests erupted into a police mutiny and what an aide said amounted to a coup.
Netanyahu can't fly solo in Israel to attack Iran (Reuters)Reuters - Three decades ago, an Israeli prime minister faced his cabinet and invoked the Holocaust in an emotional appeal to approve an air strike against an Arab atomic reactor.
Exclusive: Iran defaults on rice payments to India (Reuters)Reuters - Iranian buyers have defaulted on payments for about 200,000 tonnes of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on Tuesday, a sign of the mounting pressure on Tehran from a new wave of Western sanctions.
Rio's Olympic Preview: Erupting Manhole Covers and Collapsing Buildings (Time.com)Time.com - Will the Brazilian mega-city's crumbling infrastructure spoil the World Cup and the Olympics?
France recalls Syria ambassador, vows more pressure (Reuters)Reuters - France recalled its ambassador from Syria Tuesday in protest at the violent government crackdown on opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, saying his "days were numbered" and vowing to press on with efforts to end the bloodshed.
Eichmann exhibit gives glimpse of Israel's Mossad (AP)
AP - Lifting a half-century veil of secrecy, Israel's Mossad spy agency is opening its archive this week to reveal the story behind the legendary 1960 capture of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann.
AP - As many as 300 striking police officers and their relatives held out Tuesday as heavily armed soldiers blockaded a state legislature building in northeastern Brazil.
AP - Bombs exploded Tuesday outside of two major military bases on the outskirts of a central Nigerian city at the heart of ethnic and religious unrest in Africa's most populous nation, injuring an unknown number of people.
