Brazil electoral court poses further legal challenge for Rousseff
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A judge from Brazil’s top electoral authority has instructed police to start collecting evidence of irregularities in President Dilma Rousseff’s 2014 re-election campaign, adding to her legal woes since Sunday’s impeachment vote.
U.N.-Sponsored Yemen peace talks begin in Kuwait after delays: live TV
KUWAIT (Reuters) – United Nations-sponsored peace talks to end a year of war in Yemen began in Kuwait on Thursday, live television showed, after delays over alleged truce violations and the agenda of the negotiations.
Iran denounces U.S. ruling awarding Iran money to bomb victims: TV
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran has denounced as “theft” a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that almost $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be paid to American families of those killed in attacks blamed on the Islamic Republic, state television reported.
Snowden to take Norway to court to secure free passage
OSLO (Reuters) – Edward Snowden will take the Norwegian state to court in a bid to secure free passage there, a Norwegian law firm representing the former U.S. spy contractor said on Thursday.
Syria’s ancient Palmyra has been demined: Russian military
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian military said on Thursday it had completed the demining of the ancient part of the Syrian city of Palmyra, recaptured by Syrian and Russian forces in late March from militants.
Crowds celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday walkabout
WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth greeted thousands of well-wishers from across Britain and beyond as she celebrated her 90th birthday on Thursday, demonstrating the world’s oldest monarch’s intent to keep doing the job she has performed for…
EU court rules migrants need work to bring in family
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union’s highest court on Thursday upheld a Spanish judge’s refusal to let a Moroccan resident bring his wife to join him because he had failed to show he would earn enough to support them both.
Paris attacks suspect charged with attempted murder in Belgium
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in November’s Paris attacks, has been charged with attempted murder in Belgium during a police shootout in Brussels three days before his arrest, prosecutors said.
Turkish appeals court overturns ‘Ergenekon’ coup plot convictions
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s appeals court has overturned coup plot convictions imposed in 2013 on a retired military chief and scores of senior figures in a case then regarded as clipping the wings of the secularist and military establishment, state me…
Aid convoy sets off for rare delivery in Syria’s Homs province: Red Cross
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Dozens of trucks carrying humanitarian aid set off on Thursday for the town of Rastan in Syria’s Homs province for a delivery to a besieged area where supplies have not been able to enter for months, the Red Crescent said.
