Brazil Senate slated to try Rousseff on August 25, lawyer says
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate is expected to hold the final session for the impeachment trial of President Dilma Rousseff on Aug. 25, her lawyer said on Friday.
Rebels’ Aleppo gains improve our negotiating hand: Syria opposition
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebel gains which have broken a Syrian government siege in the city of Aleppo will strengthen the opposition’s hand should a new round of peace talks go ahead, an opposition negotiator told Reuters.
Austria turns away more migrants at Italian border
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian police said on Friday they are turning away four times as many illegal immigrants at the Brenner border crossing as in May due to tougher controls and more migrants heading for northern Europe from Italy.
UK Labour Party can exclude new members from leadership vote, court rules
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party won the right to exclude new members from voting in its ongoing leadership contest on Friday after a successful legal appeal – a decision which party leader Jeremy Corbyn criticized as legally and de…
Don’t demonize refugees, U.N. says, as poll reveals negative attitudes
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United Nations warned against “demonizing” refugees on Friday, after a global poll revealed 60 percent of people thought Islamic extremists were posing as refugees.
Dutch army to help police as security at Amsterdam airport extended again
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Security measures in and around Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport have been extended again, probably to last throughout the holiday season, and will include soldiers helping border police check cars and trains.
Torture, sexual violence on rise in Burundi: U.N. experts
GENEVA (Reuters) – Torture is on the rise against government critics detained in Burundi and security forces are using sexual violence against women during protests and searches, United Nations human rights experts said on Friday.
Conjoined twins evacuated to Damascus, among 20 urgent cases: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Conjoined twin baby boys in Syria were being evacuated across lines from a rebel stronghold to Damascus Children’s Hospital on Friday, the first of at least 20 patients who need urgent transfers to be saved, the World Health Organiza…
Air strikes near Yemen’s capital wound six: residents
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi-led coalition jets bombed rebel positions in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Friday for a fourth consecutive day, residents said, in renewed fighting following the breakdown of peace talks.
Cleric sought by Turkey says will return only if independent body finds him guilty
PARIS (Reuters) – A U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused by Ankara of masterminding last month’s failed coup said on Friday he would only hand himself over to Turkish authorities if an independent international investigative body first found him guilty.
