Brazil top prosecutor challenges President Temer’s Christmas pardons
(Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor has launched a legal challenge against pardons made by President Michel Temer just before Christmas, alleging they are unconstitutional and threaten the Car Wash probe into the country’s largest-ever corruption scand…
Reuters reporters held in Myanmar were handed papers, then arrested: families
YANGON (Reuters) – Family members of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar said on Thursday the pair had told them they were arrested almost immediately after being handed some documents by policemen they had gone to meet.
Italy PM meets president ahead of dissolution of parliament
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni was meeting President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday in the first formal step ahead of the dissolution of parliament which is necessary before an election can be called, a government source told Re…
Russia says Tokyo’s deployment of U.S. missiles a blow to relations
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A decision by Japan to deploy a U.S. missile defense system will damage Moscow’s relations with Tokyo and is a breach by Washington of a landmark arms control treaty, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thurs…
Suicide bombers kill dozens at Shi’ite center in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – Suicide bombers stormed a Shi’ite cultural center and news agency in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing more than 40 people and wounding scores, many of them students attending a conference.
ICRC hopes to resume medical evacuations in Syria’s Ghouta
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it hoped to resume evacuations of critically ill people from Syria’s biggest remaining siege on Thursday after bringing some individuals out of the area near Damascus on Wednes…
South Korea says ‘comfort women’ deal flawed, but Japan warns against change
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday that a 2015 agreement with Japan over South Korean “comfort women” forced to work in wartime brothels was seriously flawed after Japan said any attempt to revise it could damage rela…
Philippines’ drug enforcement agents face heat now that they are running Duterte’s war on drugs
MANILA (Reuters) – Carrying firearms and search warrants, and prepared for fierce resistance, about 30 Philippine anti-drugs agents pour out of three vans in a dramatic raid in one of the capital’s illicit drugs hotbeds.
Istanbul tightens New Year security, dozens arrested ahead of attack anniversary
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey will more than double the number of police officers on duty in Istanbul to 37,000 and ban public celebrations in key districts on New Year’s Eve for security reasons, a year after a gunman killed 39 people in a nightclub, of…
Philippines’ drug enforcement agents face heat now they running Duterte’s war on drugs
MANILA (Reuters) – Carrying firearms and search warrants, and prepared for fierce resistance, about 30 Philippine anti-drugs agents pour out of three vans in a dramatic raid in one of the capital’s illicit drugs hotbeds.
