‘Vatileaks’ trial due to end after nearly eight months
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The trial of five people accused of leaking or publishing confidential documents depicting a Vatican plagued by corruption and mismanagement goes to a panel of judges for verdicts on Thursday.
Syrian army, rebels agree to 72-hour Eid truce, but fighting continues
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian rebel alliance agreed to a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army on Wednesday and the United States voiced hope a more significant truce could be achieved, though fighting and air attacks continued.
Turkey appears to be in vanguard of ‘throttling’ social media after attacks
SAN FRANCISCO/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – After suicide bombers killed 45 people at Istanbul’s main airport last week, the Turkish government appeared to take a step that has become increasingly common around the world in moments of political uncertainty: res…
Japan election manifestos free LGBT rights from political closet
TOKYO (Reuters) – When openly gay independent candidate Wataru Ishizaka campaigned for a 2007 Tokyo local election, people snickered at his speeches, but now even Japan’s conservative ruling party mentions gay rights in its platform for this year’s upp…
Mexico conservative opposition leads 2018 presidential field: poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s opposition conservatives would take back the presidency from the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, if the next election, scheduled for 2018, were held now, according to a poll published on Wednesday.
NATO-Russia Council to meet in possible move to ease tensions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO envoys will hold a further formal meeting with Russia on July 13, days after the alliance’s summit in Warsaw, in a sign Washington and Moscow want to defuse tensions in Europe.
British inquiry slams ex-PM Blair for catalog of failures over Iraq war
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s justification, planning and handling of the Iraq War involved a catalog of failures, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday in a scathing verdict on Britain’s role in the conflict.
Chef at Bangladesh cafe probably working with attackers: police
DHAKA (Reuters) – A pizza chef killed during a militant attack on a cafe where he worked in Bangladesh’s capital city last week was probably in league with the assailants, police said on Wednesday.
Brazil’s Rousseff gives impassioned defense against impeachment
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff presented her written defense to a Senate impeachment trial on Wednesday, denouncing the proceedings as a farce and saying her alleged crimes were no more than “routine acts of budgetary ma…
Surprise as Pistorius jailed for six years over girlfriend’s murder
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius was sent back to jail for six years on Wednesday for murdering Reeva Steenkamp, less than half the 15 year minimum term sought by prosecutors.
