Palestinian driver shot dead after ramming Israeli officer: Israeli police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian driver in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday after he rammed into an Israeli border policeman, critically wounding him, police said.
Pope faces resistance to reform Vatican, new books say
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Two new books by Italian journalists depict a Vatican plagued by mismanagement, greed and corruption and where Pope Francis faces stiff resistance from the old guard to his reform agenda.
German police bust people smuggling ring
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Wednesday broke up an international ring of people smugglers whose members used falsified documents to bring foreigners into Germany, mainly by air, for a fee of up to 10,000 euros ($10,859.00) per person.
Ukraine says could suspend arms withdrawals from east after rebel attacks
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian government will stop withdrawing light weapons from the frontline of its war against separatists in the east if the pro-Russian rebels continue to violate a ceasefire, a senior security official said on Wednesday.
Brazil’s Congress should approve Rousseff’s accounts: minister
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government has fine-tuned arguments aimed at defending President Dilma Rousseff from a ruling that her administration manipulated federal accounts last year, and expects Congress to approve them, Chief of Staff Jaques Wagn…
For Southeast Asia, growing U.S.-China maritime row means a balancing act
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – As the United States and Japan tussled with China over the wording of a concluding statement at an Asian security meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week, caught in the middle was host Malaysia.
Shifting goal posts help Venezuela Socialists in parliament vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is projecting a drastic set of migration patterns in months leading up to the pivotal Dec. 6 parliament vote: a fiercely opposition district of the capital will lose a quarter of its population while pro-government suburbs…
Romanian PM Ponta quits after street protests, paves way for new cabinet
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta quit on Wednesday, in a surprise move that will probably produce a new cabinet led by a technocrat, after street protesters demanded resignations over a deadly fire in a Bucharest nightclub at …
Russia says Lavrov, Kerry hold phone call on Syria crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday held a phone call in which they discussed ways for the international community to help support efforts to end the Syria crisis, Russia’s forei…
Iraqi oil ministry official freed after brief kidnapping: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A senior official in Iraq’s oil ministry was kidnapped in Baghdad but quickly freed by security forces on Wednesday, Baghdad Operations Command said in a statement.
