Hundreds of Afghans demonstrate against ‘offensive’ U.S. leaflets
QARA BAGH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators rallied near the Afghan capital on Tuesday to denounce a propaganda leaflet drop by U.S. forces last week that caused widespread offense and forced American commanders to issue an apology.
U.N. Security Council steps up sanctions on defiant North Korea
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted to step up sanctions on North Korea, with its profitable textile exports now banned and fuel supplies capped, prompting a traditionally defiant threat of retaliation against t…
German court stops trial of paramedic who worked at Auschwitz
BERLIN (Reuters) – A 96-year-old former paramedic at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp is no longer fit to stand trial due to his dementia, a spokesman for the court said on Tuesday, bringing to an end one of Germany’s last prosecutions linked to the Holoc…
Brazil police suspect Temer, aides involved in corruption
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police suspect that President Michel Temer, alongside a group of close aides from his party, participated in illicit acts that rendered him up to 31.5 million reais ($10 million) in advantages, according to a poli…
Russian Islamic State fighter sentenced to hang in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A Russian Islamic State fighter was sentenced to death by hanging in Iraq on Tuesday, authorities said, a rare conviction of a foreign militant on terrorism charges.
Exclusive: At a Russian polling station, phantom voters cast ballots for the ‘Tsar’
VLADIKAVKAZ/IVNYA, Russia (Reuters) – At polling station no. 333 in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, Reuters reporters only counted 256 voters casting their ballots in a regional election on Sunday.
Iraqi parliament rejects Iraqi Kurdish referendum: lawmakers
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament voted on Tuesday to reject an Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum planned for Sept. 25, authorizing the prime minister to take all measures to preserve Iraq’s unity, a lawmaker said.
Venezuela Supreme Court has staged effective coup: jurists’ group
GENEVA (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Court has progressively dismantled the rule of law, becoming an instrument of President Nicolas Maduro’s government in what amounts to a coup against the constitutional order, an international human rights group s…
Hezbollah declares Syria victory: report
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government’s powerful Lebanese ally Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war, dismissing remaining fighting as “scattered battles”, a pro-Hezbollah newspaper reported on Tuesday.
EU Parliament’s Brexit coordinator urges May to address chamber
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May should address the European Parliament when she visits the EU legislature to clarify Britain’s plans for its divorce from the European Union, the parliament’s Brexit coordinator said on Tuesday….
