Honduran president warns of drug cartel plan to assassinate self, U.S. envoy
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said on Thursday authorities were investigating an alleged plan by a drug cartel to assassinate him and the U.S. ambassador to the Central American country, James Nealon.
China warns ‘hostile forces’ trying to undermine military reform
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military warned on Friday that “hostile forces” were seeking to spread online rumors about the ongoing reform of the armed forces, which will see 300,000 soldiers laid off, and admitted some of the rumors were having a damag…
Chinese President Xi Jinping visits loyal friend Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cambodia for a two-day visit on Thursday, praising the close ties that have seen Cambodia side with Beijing on the South China Sea, and signed dozens of economic agreements.
Colombia’s president extends ceasefire with FARC through yearend
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday extended his ceasefire with Marxist FARC rebels through the end of the year as he seeks to revive a peace accord to end five decades of war after voters rejected the hard-fought dea…
South Asian tensions seen dominating Indian BRICS summit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against cross-border militancy to a summit of emerging market powers this weekend, when it hosts BRICS nations in the western state of Goa.
France’s Juppe seen winning first primary debate: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe was seen as the winner of the first debate on Thursday among candidates for the center-right’s nomination in France’s 2017 presidential election, a poll published immediately afterward showed.
Car bomb near Syria-Turkey border crossing kills at least 20: witnesses
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least 20 people, mostly Syrian rebel fighters, were killed after a car bomb exploded on Thursday near a checkpoint close to the Bab al Salama crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in northern Syria, two witnesses said.
Japan’s little prince could be last emperor on unreformed Chrysanthemum Throne
TOKYO (Reuters) – When Prince Hisahito was born in 2006, ending a 41-year drought in imperial male heirs, Japan’s government gladly dropped proposals that women might head the world’s oldest monarchy, but a decade later the little prince remains the la…
Brazil court to try Lula on Angola corruption charges: Globonews
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A federal court in Brazil will try former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for an alleged bribery scheme related to work by construction giant Odebrecht in Angola, GloboNews TV reported on Thursday.
U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on U.S. Navy ship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military launched cruise missiles on Thursday against three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi forces, after failed missile attacks this week on a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials …
