Brazil’s Rousseff turns down Olympic opening invite: aide
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has decided not to attend the torch ceremony opening the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, an aide said on Tuesday, one day after she said in an interview she would not play second fiddle to interi…
North Korea says decision on nuclear test depends on U.S.: Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that whether it conducted another nuclear test depended on the behavior of the United States, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
Turkish troops hunt remaining coup plotters as crackdown widens
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish special forces backed by helicopters, drones and the navy hunted a remaining group of commandos thought to have tried to capture or kill President Tayyip Erdogan during a failed coup, as a crackdown on suspected plot…
Bulgaria softens tone but still points finger at Russian aircraft
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria toned down its criticism of Moscow on Tuesday, saying Russian aircraft had not been involved in violations of its air space but once again blamed Russia for not observing international norms in aviation.
13 people killed in Somali suicide bombing claimed by al Shabaab
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Suicide bombers killed at least 13 people at the gates of the African Union’s main peacekeeping base in the Somali capital on Tuesday, police said, in an attack claimed by the Islamist militants of al Shabaab.
Libya’s U.N.-backed government summons ambassador over French presence
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s U.N.-backed government said on Tuesday it had summoned France’s ambassador to protest over the presence of French special forces in eastern Libya.
Indonesia president expected to announce cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday: sources
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is expected to announce his second cabinet reshuffle in less than two years on Wednesday, two sources close to the matter said.
From Beirut to Baghdad, ‘useless’ bomb detectors guard against disaster
BEIRUT/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At a checkpoint in central Beirut, a guard checks a small truck for explosives. He is manning the last security barrier before Lebanon’s parliament building 100 meters away, and relying on a bomb detector that experts say is …
UK PM May says strong will on both sides to preserve free movement with Ireland
LONDON (Reuters) – Strong will exists in both Britain and Ireland to preserve free movement between the countries following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday after meeting her Irish counterpart.
Nepal quake survivors struggle with debt, raising trafficking fears
KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of Nepalis who had borrowed money to rebuild their lives after two earthquakes left them homeless are at risk of being trafficked or duped into selling their kidneys to pay off their debts, an internati…
