Vatican prelate admits leaks; says woman ‘spy’ intimidated him
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A Vatican prelate on Monday admitted in court he had leaked confidential documents to the media and said he had been manipulated into it by a woman co-defendant who claimed she was a spy.
Brazil’s Rousseff names new justice minister
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appointed a new justice minister for the second time in a month on Monday, her government said in a statement, amid a deepening crisis in her government and a widening corruption scandal.
Suspended U.N. diplomat to plead guilty in U.S. bribery case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A suspended deputy United Nations ambassador from the Dominican Republic accused of participating in a scheme to bribe a former U.N. General Assembly president is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday, according to a court filing.
Israel says not convinced by ‘logic’ of French peace initiative
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said it was struggling to “understand the logic” of a French peace initiative favored by the Palestinians after Israeli foreign ministry officials met with a French envoy in Jerusalem on Monday.
Slovak PM Fico says closer to forming coalition government
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he believed he could agree on the priorities of a new governing program with three other parties by Tuesday after starting coalition talks.
‘You know who you are’: U.N. chief points finger at nations with no women lawmakers
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The handful of countries that have yet to see a woman in parliament or cabinet must act quickly to bring women into politics, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said at a summit focusing on women on Monday.
Putin says Russians will start withdrawing from Syria, as peace talks resume
MOSCOW/GENEVA (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russian armed forces would begin pulling out of Syria and instructed his diplomats to step up the push for peace, as U.N.-mediated talks resumed in Geneva on ending the five-year war.
U.S. sailor arrested in Okinawa for suspected rape
TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. serviceman stationed in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman, Japanese police said on Monday, likely adding to complications for a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. base on the…
Venezuela says four bodies found are among 21 missing from massacre
CARACAS (Reuters) – Investigators have found the remains of four people presumed to be among 21 miners missing over a week ago after a massacre near a gold mine in Venezuela’s violent southern jungle, the chief prosecutor said on Monday.
Turkish warplanes strike Iraq after Ankara bombing blamed on Kurdish militants
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq on Monday, a day after 37 people were killed in an Ankara car bombing that security officials said involved two fighters – one female – from the Kurdistan Workers Party…
