Rousseff calls impeachment effort ‘coup’, vows to keep social programs
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday called current efforts to impeach her in Congress a “coup” and said she would continue to fight for social programs despite an ongoing recession.
Air strikes target al Qaeda in Yemen, troops control Aden district
ADEN (Reuters) – At least four suspected al Qaeda militants in southern Yemen were killed in what is believed to be a drone strike on Wednesday as unidentified warplanes bombed outposts held by the Islamist militant group further east, witnesses and lo…
Obama could decide on greater troop presence in Iraq soon: general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will have the chance to decide on whether to increase the number of U.S. forces in Iraq in the “coming weeks,” the top U.S. general said on Wednesday.
U.S. condemns U.N. call for list of firms operating in West Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday condemned a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution that calls for setting up a database of businesses operating in the occupied West Bank, a move that Israel has called a “blacklist.”
Merkel’s conservatives and Greens to start coalition talks in western state
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats agreed on Wednesday to hold coalition talks with the Greens in one western state, a party spokesman said, potentially fuelling a debate on whether the two could form a national go…
Turkey’s Erdogan to meet with Biden on summit sidelines: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will sit down with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden this week on the sidelines of a nuclear summit, and will likely have a chance to speak with President Barack Obama as well, the White House said on…
Turkey, Greece scramble to start EU deal as migrant arrivals rise
ANKARA (Reuters) – Five days before Turkey is due to begin taking back illegal migrants from Greece under a deal with the European Union, neither side is fully ready, with officials scrambling to be able to make at least a symbolic start as new arrival…
France investigates man on suspicion of planning ‘imminent’ attack
PARIS (Reuters) – A French judge on Wednesday put under formal investigation a Frenchman arrested last week on suspicion of planning an imminent act of “extreme violence”, Paris’ prosecutor said.
EU-India summit fails to defuse row over Italian marines
THE HAGUE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and India failed on Wednesday to defuse a long-running row over two Italian marines accused of murder and the case moved to an international tribunal after four years of diplomatic squabbles.
Pakistan’s Sharif cancels visit to Washington in wake of attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has canceled plans to visit the United States after a bombing on Sunday killed 70 people in Lahore, the White House said on Wednesday after Sharif and President Barack Obama spoke by phone.
