Former Argentina leader slams corruption probes as political plot
EL CALAFATE, Argentina (Reuters) – Facing corruption probes that threaten to land her behind bars, former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez described her growing legal troubles as part of a “persecution” of progressive Latin American leaders that …
UK’s Cameron made last-ditch pre-vote appeal to Merkel over immigration: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – Days before Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union, former Prime Minister David Cameron made an appeal to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for limits on the free movement of people, the BBC reported on Saturday.
South Sudan Vice President Machar sacks minister after ‘defection’
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar has fired a minister who he said had defected to his long-time rival President Salva Kiir’s party.
Islamic State said to shun withdrawal offer in surrounded Syrian city
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State appeared to have shunned an offer for its fighters to withdraw safely from the Syrian city of Manbij and clashes with U.S.-backed forces raged ahead of its expiry, a spokesman for Washington-backed forces said on Saturd…
Malaysian police say bomb plot on top officers foiled, 14 held
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities said on Saturday they had foiled a bomb attack on top police officers and arrested 14 suspected Islamic State (IS) operatives in a week-long operation.
India searches for missing air force plane, no wreckage found
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian ships and aircraft searched on Saturday for an air force plane that went missing over the Bay of Bengal with 29 people on board the previous day, with no indication what happened to the aircraft or sign of wreckage, the defen…
Members of Afghan Hazara minority protest in Kabul over power line route
KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of people from Afghanistan’s Hazara minority demonstrated in the capital Kabul on Saturday to demand changes to the route of a planned multi-million dollar power transmission line.
Erdogan announces army overhaul in latest post-coup shakeup
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pledged to overhaul the army in response to last week’s failed coup, a sign that a newly imposed state of emergency would be used to press on with a purge that has alarmed the West.
Peruvians march to call for release of former leader Fujimori
LIMA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Peruvians who view the country’s former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori as a misunderstood hero marched through the streets of downtown Lima on Friday to demand the incoming president free him from prison.
Mexico to investigate migrant children drowned off Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican prosecutors said on Friday they had begun investigating the death of three Central American migrant children who drowned off the country’s Pacific coast earlier this week.
