Government in Italy’s Corleone, ‘Godfather’ home town, dissolved over mafia infiltration
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government on Wednesday dissolved the municipal administration of Corleone, the Sicilian town known around the world as both a real and fictional stronghold of the mafia.
Exclusive: Vietnam moves new rocket launchers into disputed South China Sea – sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable of striking China’s runways and military installations across the vital trade route, according to Wes…
Two planes land safely at Brussels airport after bomb threats: VRT
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Two aircraft landed safely at Brussels’ Zaventem airport after receiving bomb threats, the Belgian state broadcaster VRT reported on Wednesday evening.
‘Enough sexism, it’s 2016!’ Italy’s parliament speaker exasperated after cartoon
ROME (Reuters) – “Men, enough sexism, it’s 2016,” the president of Italy’s lower house of parliament wrote on Twitter after a newspaper published a cartoon about a female MP’s thighs and a headline described the women’s Olympic archery team as “chubby”…
Syrian rebels’ Aleppo success complicates strategies of Assad and Russia
BEIRUT (Reuters) – In breaking a Syrian government siege on opposition-held areas of Aleppo, insurgents have set back President Bashar al-Assad’s hopes of using Russian air power to reclaim a vital city and speed the end of the five-year conflict.
U.N. rights boss decries purge in Turkey, voices concerns on China
GENEVA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights official urged Turkey on Thursday to stem a “thirst for revenge” following a failed coup that has led to the arrest of more than 16,000 people and to uphold detainees’ right to due process.
Bomb hits police vehicle in southeast Turkey, more than 10 wounded: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A bomb which security officials believed to have been detonated by Kurdish militants hit a police vehicle in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 police officers and civilians, security sources said.
EU, NATO remain Turkey’s key partners: Turkish envoy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and NATO remain Turkey’s key partners despite its rapprochement with Russia, and differences with the EU on the application of a deal on migrants can be soon ironed out, Turkey’s ambassador to the bloc said on We…
Ethiopia must allow in observers after killings: U.N. rights boss
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief urged Ethiopia on Wednesday to allow international observers into restive regions where residents and opposition officials say 90 protesters were shot dead by security forces at the weekend.
Venezuelans flood Brazil border in 36-hour grocery run
PACARAIMA, Brazil (Reuters) – Government employee Jose Lara this month used some vacation days to take a long scenic bus ride through the verdant plateaus and sweeping savannas of southern Venezuela, but the trip was anything but a holiday.
