Brazil prosecutor charges members of Temer’s party with criminal organization
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor on Friday charged six lawmakers from President Michel Temer’s Brazilian Democracy Movement Party (PMDB) with forming a criminal organization, the latest in a barrage of charges in the country’s sprawling cor…
Pope urges skeptical Colombians to accept peace with guerrillas
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged Colombians skeptical of a peace deal with guerrillas to be open to reconciliation with those who have repented, speaking hours after a top rebel leader asked the pontiff for forgiveness.
Saudi crown prince talks with Qatari emir on Gulf crisis
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Friday from Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, state media from both countries reported, in what could be a breakthrough in the dispute between Doha a…
Son of Russian lawmaker pleads guilty in cyber crime cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The son of a Russian lawmaker accused of stealing credit card data and other personal information has pleaded guilty in two criminal cases stemming from a probe into a $50 million online identity theft scheme, the U.S. Justice De…
Irma lashes Bahamas, Cuba on a path toward Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma lashed Cuba and the Bahamas as it drove toward Florida on Friday after hitting the eastern Caribbean with its devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
U.S. State Department approves $3.8 billion in arms sales to Bahrain: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved a package of potential arms sales worth more than $3.8 billion to Bahrain including F-16 jets, upgrades, missiles and patrol boats, a U.S. Official said on Friday.
At least 58 die in Mexico’s strongest quake in 85 years
JUCHITAN, Mexico (Reuters) – At least 58 people died when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in over eight decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia, with most fatalities in the p…
Exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh reaches 270,000 – UNHCR
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – An estimated 270,000 Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh over the past two weeks, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, announcing a dramatic jump in numbers fleeing violence in neighboring Myanmar’s Rakhine …
U.S.-backed SDF to announce operation in Syria’s Deir al-Zor – SDF official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Syrian militias are set to announce an operation against Islamic State in the north of Deir al-Zor province, a senior SDF official told Reuters on Friday.
U.S.-led surveillance aircraft leave area near Islamic State convoy in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State said on Friday its surveillance aircraft had moved away from an Islamic State convoy which has been trying to reach territory in east Syria.
