South Africa’s ANC gives Zuma 48 hours to quit, SABC says
PRETORIA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) gave President Jacob Zuma 48 hours to resign as head of state on Monday after an eight-hour meeting of the party’s top leadership, the SABC state broadcaster said.
On U.N. deaths, Haley asks Congo’s Kabila: what happened to my list?
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Monday asked the Congolese foreign minister to deliver a message to President Joseph Kabila about the killing of two U.N. investigators: “Please ask Mr. Kabila what he did …
Russians killed in clash with U.S.-led forces in Syria, say associates
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian fighters were among those killed when U.S.-led coalition forces clashed with pro-government forces in Syria this month, former associates of the dead said on Monday.
White House dismisses idea of U.S.-Israel discussing settlement annexation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States dismissed as false an Israeli assertion on Monday that the two countries were discussing the possibility of Israel annexing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in a rare display of discord between U.S. …
Nigeria resumes mass trial of hundreds of Boko Haram suspects
ABUJA (Reuters) – Hundreds of people suspected of links to Boko Haram stood trial in a detention center in central Nigeria on Monday in a resumption of the country’s biggest legal investigation of the militant Islamist insurgency, authorities said.
Brazil will not shut border to Venezuelans, seeks to organize flow
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil will not block Venezuelans from entering the country through the border in the northern state of Roraima, but has launched a task force to organize the flow and provide resources for cities and states dealing with the refug…
Hong Kong Catholics step up opposition to Vatican deal with Beijing
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Catholics in Hong Kong stepped up their opposition to a deal between the Vatican and Beijing on Monday with an all-night prayer vigil and an open letter warning of dire consequences for the faithful in the communist country.
Oxfam must show ‘moral leadership’ after Haiti scandal: UK minister
LONDON (Reuters) – British charity Oxfam needs to rebuild the public’s trust after apologizing for the “appalling” behavior of its staff in Haiti in 2011, foreign aid minister Penny Mordaunt said on Monday.
EU should be firm with Britain but not punish it, French spokesman says
PARIS (Reuters) – Europeans should take a firm line in negotiations over Britain’s exit from the European Union but not seek to punish or humiliate London, the French government’s spokesman said on Monday.
Pence raises prospect of talks with North Korea while applying ‘maximum pressure’
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has appeared to endorse deeper post-Olympics engagement between South and North Korea that could lead to direct U.S. talks, but has agreed with Seoul that sanctions must be intensified to push Pyongyang to…
