Former Brazil minister Palocci offers details of bribery scheme
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Former Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci told a court hearing on Thursday that he could provide details of a political kickback scheme, which could threaten former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s chances of running in the 2018 election.
U.S. troubled by increasing extrajudicial killings in Philippines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it was troubled by the growing number of extrajudicial killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and called on Manila to stick to its commitment to investigate them.
Islamic State claims Paris shooting, one policeman killed
PARIS (Reuters) – A French policeman was shot dead and two others were wounded in central Paris on Thursday night in an attack carried out days before presidential elections and quickly claimed by the Islamic State militant group.
EU eyes years of Brexit payments, immigration: document
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain will be paying off obligations to Brussels for years after Brexit, remain subject to EU courts and go on letting relatives of European immigrants settle in the UK, draft EU negotiating documents show.
U.S. pushes U.N. Security Council to focus on Iran not Israel
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States pushed the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to focus on “illegal and dangerous behavior” by Iran and Lebanese group Hezbollah in the Middle East, an accusation that Iran dismissed as “misleading p…
Rouhani, rival to run in Iran’s presidential election; Ahmadinejad barred
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline rival Ebrahim Raisi were both approved to run in May’s presidential election by a government vetting body, while former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was disqualified, state media reporte…
‘Famine-like conditions’ in areas of Yemen: WFP
GENEVA (Reuters) – “Famine-like conditions” have been detected in areas of Yemen, although an official declaration of famine has yet to be made, the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) told Reuters on Thursday.
German chancellery investigated in probe into WikiLeaks sources
BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin’s chief public prosecutor has extended an investigation into the release of a trove of documents by WikiLeaks to include the chancellery as well as the Bundestag lower house of parliament, broadcaster NDR said on Thursday.
Ivanka Trump to join Merkel at G20 women’s summit in Germany next week
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ivanka Trump will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde in Berlin next Tuesday at a summit of women from leading world economies, the organizers said.
Chile election competitive despite conservative gains: poll
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A leftist senator running for president in Chile’s November election is tied in a head-to-head match-up with the right’s frontrunner, even as his support has slipped in recent months, a poll released on Thursday showed.
