Brazil Supreme Court urged to bar Rousseff from politics
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Major parties in Brazil’s governing coalition pressed the Supreme Court on Friday to overturn a Senate decision allowing former President Dilma Rousseff to remain politically active after her dismissal in an impeachment trial this …
U.S., Russia said nearing deal on Aleppo truce, aid access
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Russia are nearing a deal that would set a 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo, allow U.N. humanitarian access and limit Syrian government aircraft flights, diplomatic sources said on Friday.
Obama urges China to stop flexing muscles over South China Sea: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China needs to be a more responsible power as it gains global influence and avoid flexing its muscles in disputes with smaller countries over issues like the South China Sea, U.S. President Barack Obama told CNN in an interview t…
Countdown to third Spanish election begins as Rajoy loses vote
MADRID (Reuters) – Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy failed in a second attempt on Friday to win parliament’s backing to form a government, increasing the likelihood that Spain will have to hold another election – its third in a year.
Bangladesh police kill man they believe trained Dhaka cafe attackers
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh police on Friday killed the man they believe trained the militants who attacked a Dhaka cafe on July 1 killing 22 people, a senior police official said.
After huge Venezuela protest march, government says foils coup
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government said on Friday it thwarted a coup plot this week as opponents planned to build on their biggest protest in more than a decade with further street action demanding a referendum to remove the president…
Calais migrant ‘Jungle’ camp to be dismantled ‘as soon as possible’, says France
LILLE, France (Reuters) – French authorities will dismantle the remaining half of the “Jungle” migrant camp near Calais “as quickly as possible” as the town struggles to cope with a new wave of arrivals, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Frid…
Italians angered by Charlie Hebdo cartoon showing quake victims as pasta
ROME (Reuters) – French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, victim of a deadly attack by Islamist militants in 2015 for its irreverent humor, was criticized by Italians on Friday for portraying victims of an earthquake that killed almost 300 people as di…
Lebanon indicts Syrian officers for twin 2013 mosque bombings: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon indicted two Syrian intelligence officers on Friday in connection with twin bombings at mosques in Tripoli in 2013, state media said, the deadliest attack in the city since the end of Lebanon’s civil war in 1990.
Russia, Japan hold ‘in-depth’ talks on islands dispute
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Friday to draw up proposals this year to end a row over a group of disputed islands that has bedevilled relations between their countries …
