Nepal votes in second round of crucial local election
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepalis began voting in the second round of local elections on Wednesday, a key step towards holding a general election later this year that would complete a near decade-long democratic transition after the abolition of its monarc…
Merkel’s conservatives at highest support since September 2015: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives expanded their support to 40 percent – the highest level since September 2015 – in a poll conducted by the Forsa institute for Germany’s Stern magazine and broadcaster RTL.
Japan defense minister under fire before key Tokyo poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government, its ratings slipping over suspicions of favoritism, has suffered a fresh embarrassment when his defense minister made politically sensitive remarks just days ahead of a key local electi…
Venezuela says Supreme Court attacked from helicopter
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that a police helicopter had attacked the Supreme Court in Caracas but a grenade tossed at the building did not explode.
House overwhelmingly backs NATO mutual defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday to reaffirm the NATO alliance’s guarantee that all members defend each other, weeks after President Donald Trump raised doubts about Washington’s support for t…
Turkey returns fire on Kurdish YPG in northern Syria: military
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish forces retaliated with artillery fire overnight and destroyed Kurdish YPG militia targets after YPG fighters opened fire on Turkey-backed forces in northern Syria, the Turkish military said on Wednesday.
At least 24 migrants die as thousands rescued in seas off Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Red Crescent volunteers recovered the bodies of 24 migrants on Tuesday that were washed up in an eastern suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as large-scale rescues were made in the Mediterranean.
Chile, Argentina leaders pledge cooperation; express concern over Venezuela
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The leaders of neighboring Chile and Argentina pledged on Tuesday to further integrate the countries’ economies and expressed mutual concern about the unrest in Venezuela.
Brazil’s Temer calls graft charge a ‘fiction’ as crisis deepens
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Michel Temer called a corruption charge filed against him by Brazil’s top prosecutor a “fiction” on Tuesday, as the nation’s political crisis deepened under the second president faced with possible removal from office in …
Venezuela hunts rogue helicopter attackers, Maduro foes suspicious
CARACAS (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government hunted on Wednesday for rogue policemen who attacked key installations by helicopter, but critics of President Nicolas Maduro suspected the raid may have been staged to justify repression.
