Venezuela timeline for Maduro recall makes 2016 vote unlikely
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela on Tuesday presented a timeline for a potential recall vote against President Nicolas Maduro that appeared to make a vote unlikely this year, a move slammed by the opposition as an effort to favor the ruling Socialist Part…
U.N. urges Aleppo ceasefire to repair water system, stem outbreaks
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations called on Tuesday for an urgent ceasefire in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo, where it said two million people lacked access to clean running water, with children most at risk of disease.
Brazil police investigate possible Pokemon angle in boy’s drowning
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Police are investigating the possibility that a nine-year-old boy who drowned in a river in southern Brazil was playing Pokemon Go at the time and said on Tuesday they would sue the maker of the popular mobile game if that were the…
Putin and Erdogan move toward repairing ties amid tension with West
ST PETERSBURG/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Russia and Turkey took a big step toward normalizing relations on Tuesday, with their leaders announcing an acceleration in trade and energy ties at a time when both countries have troubled economies and strains with …
U.S. says inflammatory rhetoric about Turkey coup is ‘not helpful’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department, commenting on charges in the Turkish press that a Washington think tank was behind last month’s failed coup in Turkey, said on Tuesday such inflammatory rhetoric is not helpful.
Afghan officials raise alarm as Taliban gain in Helmand province
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The Taliban are tightening their noose around the capital of disputed Helmand province in southern Afghanistan which has seen sustained fighting, residents and local officials say.
Executed Iranian nuclear scientist unfairly tried, said he was innocent: mother
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian security forces may have pressured nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, hanged last week for spying for the United States, to admit to crimes he did not commit, his mother said in an interview this week.
Germany’s Nazi hunter tracks down eight concentration camp workers
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s top Nazi hunter has identified four men and four women suspected of serving as guards, secretaries and telephone operators at a concentration camp near Gdansk, and prosecutors will examine if they can be charged as accompli…
Photos suggest China built reinforced hangars on disputed islands: CSIS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite photographs taken in late July show China appears to have built reinforced aircraft hangars on its holdings in disputed South China Sea islands, a Washington-based research group said.
Syrian refugee arrested for possible attack plans: German state
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a 24-year-old Syrian refugee last Friday after receiving a tip that the man was planning a possible Islamic-motivated attack, state officials in North-Rhine Westphalia said on Tuesday.
