Dancing Maduro launches Venezuela re-election bid
CARACAS (Reuters) – Dancing in front of red-shirted supporters, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro formally signed up on Tuesday to run for re-election in an April vote opponents say is a farce that will consolidate his dictatorship.
Air strikes kill five civilians in Yemen: Reuters witness
SAADA, Yemen (Reuters) – Air strikes killed five civilians and wounded at least 14, including four children, outside the northern Yemeni city of Saada on Tuesday, a Reuters witness and medics said.
Key U.S. lawmakers want to boost Israel’s $38 billion defense aid package
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators who just returned from a trip to Israel called on Tuesday for an increase in the $38 billion in military aid the United States is currently providing Israel, signaling support for more funds for Israeli missile syst…
Slovak police say in touch with Czechs, Italy over journalist murder
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Slovak police are looking into possible foreign links to the murder of an investigative journalist and his girlfriend and are in contact with services in the Czech Republic and Italy, the head of the police said on Tuesday.
Scotland, Wales defy London with bills to keep powers after Brexit
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The Scottish and Welsh governments said on Tuesday they will introduce bills into their parliaments aimed at keeping regional powers that come back from Brussels after Brexit, in a move that could complicate British plans to leave…
EU’s Barnier warns time running out for Brexit deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU negotiator Michel Barnier accused the British government on Tuesday of clinging to “illusion” while time runs out for a Brexit deal to avoid massive disruption when Britain leaves the European Union next year.
Poland postpones debate on commemorating Poles who saved Jews
WARSAW (Reuters) – The Polish parliament delayed a debate on Tuesday on whether to designate a day to remember Poles who saved Jews during World War Two, with the opposition saying it was bad timing as the country faces international pressure over a ne…
Exclusive: North Korean leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for Western visas – sources
LONDON (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s, five senior Western European security sources told Reuters.
Canada gravely concerned by Myanmar’s jailing of journalists
GENEVA (Reuters) – Canada is gravely concerned by the imprisonment of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday, adding that ethnic cleansing had taken place in Myanmar’s Rakhin…
Vatican investigator in Chile hears more sex abuse complaints
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Archbishop Charles Scicluna, who is in Chile investigating accusations that a bishop had covered up the sexual abuse of minors, heard more complaints of sex abuse on Tuesday that could spur fresh Vatican investigations.
