Brazil police include Lula in investigation of auto sector bills
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police have included former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in an investigation into the possible use of bribes to influence the passage of legislation benefiting the auto sector, a court document showed on Thursday.
Russia expects Syria talks to resume by Feb. 25: ambassador to U.N.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Alexei Borodavkin, said on Thursday Russia expected talks aimed at resolving the Syria crisis to resume no later than Feb. 25, Russian news agencies reported.
Britain’s pro-EU campaign predicts big victory in vote
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will vote to stay in the EU by a “substantial margin” predicted the leader of a campaign to keep the world’s fifth-largest economy in the trading bloc, slating the opposing “out” movement for what he said was failure to prese…
U.N. experts find bid to smuggle Congo arms via Rwanda to Burundi rebels
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A confidential report to the United Nations Security Council found there have been attempts to smuggle weapons from Democratic Republic of Congo through Rwanda to rebels in Burundi where a political crisis threatens to spiral…
Congolese army attacked U.N. troops meeting Islamist rebels: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Congolese troops killed two United Nations peacekeepers after civilians accused the Tanzanian U.N. troops of providing supplies to Islamist Ugandan rebels in east Congo, according to a confidential U.N. Security Council repor…
‘Turning gold into lead’: Hollande squanders post-attack bounce
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande has dug himself into a hole over plans to strip dual nationals of their French passports if they are convicted of terrorism, and a looming government reshuffle is unlikely to help him regain lost pop…
Top al Qaeda commander killed in Yemen drone strikes
ADEN (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. drone strike overnight killed a top Islamist militant commander in southern Yemen who had run al Qaeda’s combat operations and had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, residents said.
Iran’s Zarif says does not know about BBC journalist
LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday he did not know about the case of a former BBC Persian journalist who was reported to have been arrested at his home in Tehran.
U.N. panel rebukes Iran for allowing sex, execution at nine years old
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran must reform its laws that allows girls as young as nine to be executed for crimes or forced into sexual relations with older husbands, a United Nations watchdog said on Thursday.
Billions pledged for Syria as tens of thousands flee bombardments
LONDON (Reuters) – Donor nations pledged on Thursday to give billions of dollars in aid to Syrians as world leaders gathered for a conference to tackle the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with Turkey reporting a new exodus of tens of thousands fleei…
