Iraq takes aim at media as security forces struggle to contain strife
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Shi’ite-led authorities have shut the offices of two television channels popular with Sunni Iraqis and ordered a satirical show off air, tightening control over the media as political tensions rise in Baghdad.
Brazil rebuffs Latin American leftists over Rousseff suspension
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s interim government dismissed criticism by leftist countries in Latin America, including Venezuela, Cuba and Bolivia, over the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff, who was suspended as president by the senate.
North Korea frees Russian yacht, crew detained ‘by mistake’: Russian media
MOSCOW (Reuters) – North Korean authorities allowed a Russian yacht to continue its journey two days after detaining it and its five crew in coastal waters, Russian media reported on Sunday.
Australia charges five men over plot to sail to join Islamic State
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police have charged five men suspected of planning to travel to Syria to join Islamic State via a journey that would start in a small motor boat taking them to Indonesia and the Philippines.
Beijing blasts Pentagon report on Chinese military as damaging trust
BEIJING (Reuters) – China condemned the U.S. Defense Department’s annual report on the Chinese military on Sunday, calling it deliberate distortion that has “severely damaged” mutual trust.
Iraq takes aim at media as security forces struggle to contain strife
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Shi’ite-led authorities have shut the offices of two television channels popular with Sunni Iraqis and ordered a satirical show off air, tightening control over the media as political tensions rise in Baghdad.
Pilot killed in small plane crash at Georgia stunt show
(Reuters) – A pilot was killed on Saturday at an air stunt show when his plane crashed at DeKalb Peachtree Airport, officials said.
Leader of Colombia’s FARC rebels invites ex-president to meet
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The leader of Colombia’s FARC rebels group invited ex-president Alvaro Uribe, a vocal critic of the guerillas’ peace process with the current government, to meet with him in an open letter on Saturday, in a bid to bolster the peace t…
German police find pig’s head outside Merkel’s constituency office
BERLIN (Reuters) – Police found a pig’s head bearing a written insult against German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the entrance to her constituency office in the northeastern town of Stralsund on Saturday, state police said.
U.S. sees China boosting military presence after island-building spree
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is expected to add substantial military infrastructure, including surveillance systems, to artificial islands in the South China Sea this year, giving it long-term “civil-military bases” in the contested waters, the Pentago…
