Odebrecht could abandon all projects in Peru within six months: Kuczynski
LIMA (Reuters) – Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, which has admitted to paying bribes in 12 Latin American countries, can leave behind all its ongoing projects in Peru within six months, the Andean country’s president said in an interview publ…
East Libyan forces resume strikes against rivals near oil ports
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – East Libyan forces resumed air strikes against rival factions on Sunday as they tried to push them back from positions around the major oil terminals of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, a military spokesman said.
Bahrain advances military trials for suspected militants
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain’s top government advisory body passed a constitutional amendment allowing suspected militants to be tried in military courts on Sunday, state news agency BNA reported, in a move criticized by activists.
Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey says aircraft was shot down -Anadolu Agency
ANKARA (Reuters) – A Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey on Saturday said in an initial statement to Turkish authorities that his aircraft was shot down on its way to strike rural areas near Idlib, which is in northern Syria, state-run Anadolu a…
Iran indicts nuclear negotiator, holds Iranian-American on fraud charges
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has indicted a member of its nuclear negotiating team who was arrested last year on suspicion of spying, and detained an Iranian-American on charges of defrauding people under the guise of helping them emigrate, the Iranian judic…
Germany’s Social Democrats, Greens press for same-sex marriage
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), junior partners in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition, said on Sunday they would launch a new push to legalize same-sex marriage in Germany, a move opposed in the past by Merkel’s Christian …
Suspected al Qaeda militants kill six Yemeni troops, civilian: official
ADEN (Reuters) – Suspected al Qaeda militants opened fired on a Yemeni military checkpoint in the southern province of Abyan on Sunday, a security official and residents said, killing six troops and a civilian.
Turkey’s Erdogan compares German behavior with Nazi period
ISTANBUL/ANKARA/BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany on Sunday of “fascist actions” reminiscent of Nazi times in a growing row over the cancellation of political rallies aimed at drumming up support for him among 1.5 mill…
Pope says carry and read bible as if it were a mobile phone
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called on people to carry and read the bible with as much dedication as they do their mobile phones.
Iraq to get 10 billion pound loan for British contracts
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Britain agreed on Sunday to arrange 10 billion pounds ($12.3 billion) in loans to finance infrastructure projects in Iraq over a 10 year period, a program that would only benefit British companies, an Iraqi minister said in Baghdad….
