Peru’s Fujimori taken to hospital from prison in ambulance: local TV
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori was taken from prison to a local hospital late on Saturday by ambulance to undergo treatment for a severe drop in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythm, Fujimori’s doctor told local broadcast…
Venezuela freeing some jailed activists, may expel diplomats
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s leftist government prepared to release some 80 jailed anti-government activists on Saturday, and threatened to expel envoys from Canada and Brazil after criticism over rights.
Help refugees wherever they come from, Austria’s Kurz says
BERLIN (Reuters) – Austria’s new Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, called for an end to “failed” attempts to achieve a quota system for distributing asylum seekers around the European Union and urged new efforts to help refugees in their country of origin.
Myanmar, accused of crackdown, invited to U.S.-Thai military exercise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Myanmar military, which has been accused of ethnic cleansing against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, has been invited back as an observer in a major multinational military exercise next year led by the United States and Thailand.
Israel frees three Turks arrested amid Jerusalem unrest
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli court on Saturday freed without charge three Turks who had been arrested on suspicion of assaulting police outside a Jerusalem holy site contested by Jews and Muslims, a police spokesman said.
Venezuela frees some activists, may expel diplomats
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s leftist government began releasing some 80 anti-government activists on Saturday, and threatened to expel envoys from Canada and Brazil after criticism over rights.
Peru opposition leader skeptical president’s victory will last
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s political troubles will likely continue despite his surprise victory over a bid in Congress to oust him this week, a key opposition leader said on Saturday, citing ongoing graft probes and opp…
Moscow: U.S. arms may spur use of force by Kiev in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The U.S. decision to supply weapons to Ukraine is dangerous as it will encourage Kiev to use force in eastern Ukraine, Russian officials said on Saturday.
Venezuela may free activists, expel foreign diplomats
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s leftist government may release 80 anti-government activists, and expel two senior diplomats from Canada and Brazil after criticism over rights, an official said on Saturday.
Italy’s ruling PD slides further in polls as election nears
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s ruling Democratic Party (PD), hit by internal divisions and a banking scandal, is continuing to slide in opinion polls, with a new survey on Saturday putting it more than six points behind the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement…
