U.S., Russia stalemate on Syria frustrates European powers
UNITED NATIONS/VIENNA (Reuters) – The Obama administration’s failure to convince Moscow that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must go is fueling European frustration at being sidelined in efforts to end the country’s five-year civil war, diplomats say….
Pope criticizes West for trying to export own brand of democracy to Iraq, Libya
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis criticized Western powers for trying to export their own brand of democracy to countries such as Iraq and Libya without respecting indigenous political cultures, according to an interview published on Monday.
Venezuela says better oil loans deal reached with China
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has reached a deal with its main financier China to improve the conditions of an oil-for-loans deal, giving the OPEC member’s crisis-hit economy “oxygen” ahead of heavy debt payments, its top economic official said on Mond…
Brazil’s new leader quells concerns about prosecutor general
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s interim president, Michel Temer, on Monday said he would continue a tradition of nominating a prosecutor general who comes recommended by peers, allaying concerns about judicial independence.
Annie Lennox and Denmark’s Princess Mary call for men to join women’s campaign
COPENHAGEN(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Singer Annie Lennox and Denmark’s Princess Mary called on Monday for men to join the fight for women’s equality as they opened the world’s biggest women’s health and rights conference in a decade in Copenhagen.
Ugandan opposition figure returned to prison in capital after treason charge: lawyer
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who had been taken to a court in the country’s remote northeast to face a charge of treason, was on Monday transferred back to a prison in the capital Kampala, his lawyer said.
Kenyan police fire tear gas at stone-throwing protesters over election body
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday at stone-throwing crowds protesting in central Nairobi against an election oversight body they say is biased and should be scrapped, Reuters witnesses reported.
Islamist militants exploit chaos as combatants pursue peace in Yemen
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – Islamic State efforts to exploit chaos may have brought Saudi-backed forces and Iran-allied Houthis tentatively closer at peace talks in Yemen’s civil war, but a deal seems unlikely in time to avert collapse into armed, feuding …
‘In’ leads in ICM phone poll, ‘Out’ leads in online poll ahead of Britain’s EU referendum
LONDON (Reuters) – The “remain” camp was ahead of “leave” by eight points in the latest ICM telephone poll ahead of Britain’s EU referendum next month, but an online poll conducted by the same pollster at the same time found “leave” ahead by four point…
Trump says unlikely to have good relationship with UK’s Cameron
LONDON (Reuters) – Donald Trump said he was unlikely to have a good relationship with David Cameron because the British prime minister cast the U.S. presidential candidate as “divisive, stupid and wrong” for proposing a temporary ban on Muslims enterin…
