Brazil’s top court rules Lula can be jailed for graft conviction
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled early on Thursday that leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes, denying his plea to remain free until he has exhausted all possi…
Central American ‘caravan’ to end in Mexico City, migrants defiant
MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico (Reuters) – Central American migrants stranded on a journey through Mexico because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure on the Mexican government say they will struggle on toward the United States, even as their “caravan” sai…
Pivotal vote puts Brazil’s top court closer to jailing ex-president Lula
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court justices were on the verge of rejecting former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to avoid prison while he appeals a corruption conviction, in a vote that would likely end his political career…
Brazil’s Supreme Court close to rejecting Lula’s plea to avoid jail
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court was on the verge of rejecting on Wednesday former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to remain out of prison while he appeals a corruption conviction, a case that has sharply divided the country, cast…
U.S. plans to sanction Russian oligarchs this week: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to sanction Russian oligarchs this week under a law targeting Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in what could be the most aggressive move so…
Saudi-led coalition says missile intercepted near Yemen border
RIYADH (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia’s air defense had intercepted a missile that the armed Houthi movement said it fired at storage tanks belonging to Saudi Aramco oil company.
Morocco mulls ‘all options’ over its Western Sahara truce threat claim: minister
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Morocco was considering “all options” if the United Nations does not address its accusations that the Polisario independence movement is threatening a 1991 ceasefire in the Western Sahara conflict, the foreign minister said o…
Opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio wins Sierra Leone presidency: certified tallies
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio won a run-off election to become Sierra Leone’s next president, according to certified vote tallies seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
NATO chief says alliance is not trying to isolate Russia
OTTAWA (Reuters) – NATO is not aiming to isolate Russia after a nerve agent attack on a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain last month but had to crack down to show its unhappiness with Moscow, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on We…
Kosovo parliament to probe arrests of Turkish nationals
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo parliament voted on Wednesday to set up a committee to investigate how six Turkish citizens were arrested and deported to Turkey in a move that activists say violated human rights.
