Tillerson raps some U.S. allies for religious freedom violations, slams IS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. allies including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain did not uphold principles of religious freedom in 2016, while Islamic State has carried out “genocide” against religious minorities, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday….
Brazil lawmakers seek $1 billion in taxpayer money for election campaigns
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian lawmakers facing a dearth of financing for their re-election campaigns next year proposed on Tuesday creating a fund of 3.6 billion reais ($1.1 billion) in taxpayer money to help their parties foot the bills.
Colombia’s FARC rebels turned in more than 8,000 weapons: U.N.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Marxist FARC rebel group handed in more than 8,000 weapons and nearly 1.3 million pieces of ammunition as it demobilized after a peace deal with the government, the United Nations said.
Jordan holds local elections in step to devolve powers
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan held local elections on Tuesday in a move officials say will help devolve some powers to larger cities and underdeveloped rural regions but which critics say falls short of promised wider political reform.
India, China soldiers involved in border altercation: Indian sources
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian and Chinese soldiers were involved in an altercation in the western Himalayas on Tuesday, Indian sources said, further raising tensions between the two countries which are already locked in a two-month stand…
Suicide bombers kill 27, wound 83 in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, two local officials said, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants.
Spanish migrant rescue ship threatened by Libyan coastguard: witness
ABOARD THE GOLFO AZZURRO, Mediterranean (Reuters) – The Libyan coastguard intercepted a humanitarian rescue ship in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, ordering it to sail to Tripoli or risk being targeted, a Reuters photographer aboard said.
German minister eyes quotas for female executives unless firms step up
BERLIN (Reuters) – A government minister on Tuesday blasted German companies for failing to add more women to their management boards, suggesting the government could impose quotas unless firms acted to boost the current rate of 6 percent.
U.S. confident of ‘peaceable’ Venezuelan solution: Pence
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in Buenos Aires on Tuesday he was confident about reaching a “peaceable” solution for Venezuela through economic and diplomatic pressure on the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro.
Slovakia’s future is with core EU, not eurosceptic eastern nations: PM
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia should be part of a deeply integrated ‘core’ European Union driven by Germany and France, its prime minister said on Tuesday, backtracking from previous eurosceptic positions and distancing himself from some other east E…
