Exclusive: Brazil top court likely to free suspects in ‘Car Wash’ graft probe – source
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court is likely to begin ordering the release next month of suspects in the country’s biggest corruption investigation who have been held for months without being brought to trial, a senior judicial source with kno…
Before Trump meeting, Merkel says trade vital for U.S. and Germany
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel underscored the importance of free trade in a speech to business leaders in Munich, before her first trip to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington for talks on a range of issues, incl…
Trump plans to host China’s Xi in April: media reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump plans to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at a two-day summit next month, according to media reports, as his administration seeks to smooth relations with the world’s second-largest economy.
Top EU court to give first ruling on Islamic headscarf bans
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will determine on Tuesday whether an employer can prohibit staff from wearing the Islamic headscarf in the first case of its kind before the EU’s top court.
Dutch poll test of anti-immigrant feeling, Turkish dispute
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch go to the polls on Wednesday in an election seen as a test of anti-immigrant and nationalist feeling magnified by a deepening dispute with Turkey.
Two U.N. officials of U.S., Swedish nationality kidnapped in central Congo
KANANGA, Congo (Reuters) – Unknown assailants have kidnapped two United Nations officials of American and Swedish nationality in Congo’s Kasai Central province, the Congolese government said on Monday.
Former Catalan leader banned from office in row over referendum
MADRID (Reuters) – The former head of Spain’s Catalonia region was barred from public office for two years on Monday for staging an informal referendum on independence in 2014 at a time when secessionist leaders are trying to drum up support for a fres…
Carlos the Jackal stands trial over 1974 Paris shop attack
PARIS (Reuters) – Carlos the Jackal, once one of the world’s most wanted criminals, was back in a French court on Monday, charged with a grenade attack on a Paris shop more than 40 years ago that killed two people.
Syrian war monitor says 465,000 killed in six years of fighting
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Monday there are so far about 465,000 people killed and missing in Syria’s civil war.
Blast destroys telecoms bus in Afghan capital, casualties unknown, government says
KABUL (Reuters) – An explosion in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul destroyed a bus carrying employees of one of the country’s biggest telecoms firms, causing an unknown number of casualties, Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said.
