Brazil president’s lawyers demand removal of top prosecutor
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Lawyers defending Brazilian President Michel Temer against corruption allegations asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to remove the prosecutor general from the investigation, arguing he is no longer fit to lead it.
Canadian officials back in North Korea to discuss imprisoned pastor
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian officials have traveled to North Korea to discuss the case of a Canadian pastor serving a life sentence there, a spokesman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.
U.S.-led coalition strikes kill 29 civilians in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State killed at least 29 civilians including 14 children in 24 hours in the jihadists’ Syrian capital of Raqqa, a war monitor said late on Tuesday.
Belgian bomb squad find no explosives after Brussels scare
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian bomb squad found no explosives after a man who claimed to be carrying a bomb in his car was stopped by police, Brussels prosecutors said on Tuesday, adding there was no evidence he was plotting an attack.
Russia reacts to White House soap opera with a shrug
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The soap opera of White House personnel changes, intrigue and investigations has alarmed a part of the American public and shocked some foreign governments, yet Russian officials have found their own way of responding.
Moroccan injured during protest dies after weeks in coma
RABAT (Reuters) – A protester who fell into a coma after being wounded in protests that have shaken northern Morocco died in hospital on Tuesday, a lawyer and a judicial official said.
Manchester airport pipe bomb plotter found guilty
LONDON (Reuters) – A man who tried to smuggle a pipe bomb onto a flight from Britain’s Manchester Airport was found guilty of possessing explosives with intent to harm on Tuesday.
Five dead as quake strikes in remote part of China’s Sichuan province
BEIJING (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 6.5 in magnitude struck a remote and mountainous part of the southwestern province of Sichuan on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, killing five people and trapping 100 tourists in a popular scenic spo…
Iranian drone comes close to U.S. fighter jet: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An unarmed Iranian drone came within 100 feet (31 meters) of a U.S. Navy warplane as it prepared to land on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
Putin vows continued Russian support for Georgia’s rebel Abkhazia
PITSUNDA, Georgia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin assured Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia on Tuesday of Moscow’s continued political and military support.
