Selloff rocks Italy, central bank raises alarm over political crisis
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s central bank warned on Tuesday the nation was only “a few short steps” from losing investors’ confidence, as financial markets suffered the biggest selloff in years on fears that repeat elections would become a proxy vote on eu…
Nationalist Serb leader to run for Bosnia’s tripartite presidency
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, who seeks the secession of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated region, announced his official candidacy on Tuesday for the Serb seat in the country’s inter-ethnic presidency in an Oct. 7 vote.
No Warning: Witnesses describe how Indian police shot and killed smelter protesters
THOOTHUKUDI, India (Reuters) – Police in the port city of Thoothukudi in southern India gave no warning last Tuesday before firing with live ammunition on protesters seeking the closure of a copper smelter owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, …
Gaza militants launch barrages across border, Israel hits back with air strikes
GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER (Reuters) – Palestinian militants launched their heaviest barrages against Israel since the 2014 Gaza war on Tuesday and Israeli aircraft struck back, in a surge of fighting after weeks of border violence.
Brazil’s Temer says no threat of coup amid truckers protest
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer said on Tuesday that there is no chance that a nationwide truckers’ protest that has paralyzed Latin America’s biggest economy will spark a military coup that would topple his government, despite s…
Syrian army ready for southern battle, pro-Assad commander says
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army has completed preparations for an imminent offensive against rebel-held areas in southwestern Syria, a non-Syrian commander in a military alliance that backs Damascus said on Tuesday, raising the prospect of a major n…
Myanmar lawyer says evidence from Reuters reporters’ phones may be ‘tainted’
YANGON (Reuters) – Evidence Myanmar police say they obtained from the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret documents might be “tainted”, a defense lawyer said on Tuesday, because at least one phone was used after it was c…
Iran willing to push for ceasefire in Yemen talks with European powers
ANKARA/PARIS (Reuters) – Iran and European powers have made good progress in talks to end the conflict in Yemen as Tehran has shown itself willing to push for a ceasefire and ease the humanitarian crisis there, according to officials on both sides.
In Danish ‘ghettos’, immigrants feel stigmatized and shut out
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – In urban areas of Denmark officially designated as “ghettos”, some residents feel stigmatized and excluded from mainstream society.
‘Terrorist’ attacker kills three in Liege, gunman dead
LIEGE, Belgium (Reuters) – A man killed two policewomen and a bystander in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being shot dead in a gunbattle at a school in what prosecutors are treating as a terrorist attack.
