Trump to nominate Juster to be ambassador to India: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will nominate Kenneth Juster to be ambassador to India, the White House said on Friday.
Suspected Boko Haram members kill 18 people in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 18 people in northeast Nigeria on Friday, according to local witnesses and officials, the latest in an escalating number of lethal attacks in the region.
Brazilian prosecutors want Lula absolved in corruption case
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be cleared of any wrongdoing in one of several corruption cases pending against him in federal court due to a lack of evidence, prosecutors said on Friday.
At least three dead as Lidia slams Mexico’s Los Cabos tourist hub
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least three people died after torrential rain from Tropical Storm Lidia provoked major flooding around Mexico’s popular Los Cabos beach resort on Friday, authorities said.
Colombia’s FARC political party looks to coalition for 2018 elections
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s disarmed FARC rebels have their eye on forming a political coalition for the 2018 elections, ex-rebel leaders said on Friday, as the group marked its transition to a political party with a concert in Bogota’s central squar…
French police arrest man near Eiffel Tower
PARIS (Reuters) – French police said they arrested a man near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Friday night, after media reports of a security alert.
U.S.-led coalition says still monitoring IS convoy in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families being evacuated into jihadist territory in east Syria remained in government-held areas of Syria on Friday, U.S.-led forces said.
How love turned to hate in Guatemala’s anti-graft battle
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales launched a vendetta against the head of a U.N. anti-corruption body who helped him win power after the veteran prosecutor began to investigate his family last year, according to former and c…
Trump to host Sept. 18 meeting of world leaders on U.N. reform
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of the United Nations, will seek to gather global support for reforming the world body when he hosts an event at U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 18, a day before he formal…
Exclusive: Displaced Rohingya in camps face aid crisis after Myanmar violence
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Around 120,000 displaced people – mostly Rohingya Muslims – in camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state are not receiving food supplies or healthcare after the U.N. and aid groups suspended operations following government accusation…
