Brazil’s Rousseff seeks speedy vote on impeachment bid
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Rousseff urged Congress on Monday to cancel its summer recess in January and deal swiftly with a request for her impeachment to nip in the bud an attempt to unseat her that she called undemocratic and legally fla…
NATO says won’t send ground troops to fight IS: report
ZURICH (Reuters) – NATO has ruled out sending ground troops to fight against Islamic State militants in Syria, NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg told a Swiss newspaper, stressing the need to bolster local forces in the conflict.
Syria accuses U.S. coalition of attacking army camp, Washington denies
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s government said the U.S.-led military coalition have carried out a deadly air strike on a Syrian army camp, but officials from the U.S-led alliance said the report was false.
Turkey defends ground troops in Iraq as war escalates
ISTANBUL/ERBIL (Reuters) – Turkey said on Monday it would not withdraw hundreds of soldiers who arrived last week at a base in northern Iraq, despite being ordered by Baghdad to pull them out within 48 hours.
Sinjar aftermath highlights Islamic State resilience in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kurdish forces backed by U.S. air strikes declared a major victory last month over Islamic State after cutting access to a key supply route in northern Iraq. Yet days later the militants were back in business, underscoring their res…
‘Deputy pope’ called to testify in Vatican leaks trial
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The ‘deputy pope’ will be summoned to testify before a Vatican court hearing a trial over the theft of confidential papal documents, the first time such a high-ranking official will appear at a public trial inside the city-stat…
Kenyans mock ‘visiting’ president over frequent foreign travel
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has been forced to defend his frequent travel abroad after an outbreak of mass ridicule on the Internet from Kenyans mocking him as a foreign leader making a fleeting visit to their country.
Brutal cartels fight over Mexico’s ‘conflict-free’ gold revenues
CARRIZALILLO, Mexico (Reuters) – Heroin traffickers linked to the abduction and disappearance of 43 students a year ago are battling over millions of dollars paid by Canadian mining giant Goldcorp to a village in Mexico’s southern gold belt, leading to…
Turkey summons Russian envoy over alleged rocket launcher on ship: official
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday after accusing Russia of a “provocation” after a serviceman on the deck of a Russian naval ship allegedly brandished a rocket launcher while the vessel passed through Istanbul at the w…
German court declares 93-year-old Auschwitz SS guard fit for trial
BERLIN (Reuters) – The trial of a 93-year-old former SS guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau will open in mid-February, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
