Brazil prosecutors face pushback from lawmakers in graft probe
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Politicians suspected of profiting from Brazil’s biggest-ever corruption scandal are drafting legislation aimed at letting themselves off the hook, the country’s chief prosecutor said on Friday.
Migrants stranded in Serbia march toward Croatian border
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Some 150 migrants, trapped in Serbia, set out on Friday to walk about 125 km (80 miles) to the Croatian border, demanding free and secure passage toward Western Europe, police said.
Trump sees Japan’s Abe as ally in push back against China: adviser
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s meeting next week with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may mark the start of talks to garner Japan’s support for a push back against China’s growing influence in Asia, a security adviser to Trump…
Juppe favorite to win French primaries, though loses some ground: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Former prime minister Alain Juppe remains front-runner to win the center-right’s nomination for France’s 2017 presidential election in spite of losing some ground, a poll said on Friday.
Egypt imposes big security clampdown, protests fail to materialize
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt imposed a big security clampdown in its cities on Friday as mass demonstrations called to protest against austerity measures failed to take place.
Syrian army and allies advance in Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government troops and their allies advanced on Friday in a district of western Aleppo captured last month by rebels, a Syrian military source and an insurgent official said.
Taliban storm German consulate in Afghan city, four killed
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan/BERLIN (Reuters) – Taliban militants stormed the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, ramming its outer wall with a truck bomb before battling security forces in an overnight attack that killed at …
Austrian presidential hopeful aims to hammer far right with Trump’s own message
VIENNA (Reuters) – The independent candidate in Austria’s tight presidential run-off plans to use the far right’s support for Donald Trump as a weapon against it to ensure the U.S. election outcome will not help his opponent as many suspect.
Trump win puts U.S.-Russia hostility on hold – but for how long?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After years of rising U.S.-Russia tensions over Ukraine, Syria, cyber attacks and nuclear arms control, Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president may offer a narrow window to repair relations as he and Russian President Vladimir …
Amnesty calls on Nigeria to stop demolishing more settlements after 30,000 become homeless
LAGOS (Reuters) – Amnesty International called on Nigeria to shelve plans to demolish more illegal settlements in the megacity Lagos as several hundreds of thousands of people could be made homeless, it said on Friday.
