Peru’s Fujimori asks for pardon ahead of presidential transition
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s imprisoned former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori has filed a new request for a presidential pardon, the prime minister said on Saturday, five days before President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski takes office.
French president’s support rating inches up despite Nice attack: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande’s popularity rating has inched up from a record low this month, despite the heavy criticism he has received over security matters since the Bastille Day attack in Nice, a poll showed on Saturday.
Thirteen Welsh teenagers injured in French bus crash
PARIS (Reuters) – A bus from Wales tipped over on its side in eastern France on Saturday, injuring 13 people, two of them seriously, a French police official said.
FBI led Brazil to suspected militants mulling Olympic attack: prosecutor
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation gave Brazil the tip that led to arrests this week of 11 suspected militants who had discussed a possible attack on the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to a Brazilian pro…
Putin, Netanyahu discuss cooperation against Middle East terrorism -agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a phone conversation on Saturday, discussed cooperation in fighting terrorism threats in the Middle East, Russian news agencies quoted the Kremlin as …
Heavy rain in China kills at least 87, thousands evacuated
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Heavy rain in China has killed at least 87 people and forced thousands from their homes, state media reported on Saturday.
Venezuela opposition leader Lopez awaits appeal verdict
CARACAS (Reuters) – An appeal hearing into Venezuela’s most prominent jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez ended on Saturday, with he and supporters saying the nearly 14-year sentence for inciting violence should be immediately overturned.
ASEAN in discord ahead of meeting with top China, U.S. diplomats
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – Southeast Asian nations were thrown into disarray after Cambodia on Saturday blocked them from issuing a statement referring to an international court ruling against China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, diplomats s…
Kerry to urge ASEAN to find diplomatic ways to ease South China Sea tensions
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will urge Southeast Asian nations in meetings in Laos next week to explore diplomatic ways to ease tensions with China over the South China Sea following an international court ruling denying China’s…
Trench cuts off Iraq’s Falluja from the north following IS defeat
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces are digging a trench on the northern outskirts of Falluja a month after taking it back from Islamic State, security officials said on Saturday, raising concerns about repopulating the deserted city.
