UK peers back lowering EU referendum voting age to 16
LONDON (Reuters) – The British parliament’s unelected upper house backed on Wednesday lowering the voting age to 16 in a planned referendum on Britain’s continued membership of the European Union, a move that could delay the timing of the crucial vote….
Argentina opposition presidential bid helped by rising provincial star
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A little known city administrator has emerged as a major player in Argentine politics after her surprise victory to lead the country’s biggest province and her role in the campaign of Mauricio Macri, the front-runner in Sunday’s presidential vote.
Ex-Mexico president sees cocaine, heroin legal in decade
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – All drugs including cocaine, heroin and crystal meth will be legal in drug-scarred Mexico within 10 years, former Mexican President Vicente Fox believes, after a court ruling that he said makes the legalization of marijuana inev…
Islamic State says ‘Schweppes bomb’ used to bring down Russian plane
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State’s official magazine carried a photo on Wednesday of a Schweppes drink it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on bo…
Sweden raises threat level, citing ‘concrete information’
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s security police raised on Wednesday their terrorist threat assessment by one step, to four on a scale of five, issuing an arrest warrant for one person and saying there was “concrete information” of a possible attack in S…
If France gets EU deal on security spending so must Italy: Renzi
ROME (Reuters) – If French spending to increase security after the Paris attacks is given special treatment under EU budget deficit rules then the same should apply for Italy, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday.
Suicide bombers kill at least 12 and injure dozens in Nigerian city of Kano
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mobile phone market in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding around 60 others, a Red Cross official and police said.
Suspected architect of Paris attacks dead: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suspected architect of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, is dead, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing two intelligence officials.
Iran starts dismantling nuclear equipment, U.N. report says
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has disconnected almost a quarter of its uranium-enriching centrifuges in less than a month, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday, suggesting it is racing to implement an agreement restricting its nuclear activities.
Congo police fire teargas at stone-throwing students
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Police in the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo fired teargas on Wednesday to disperse stone-throwing students whose protest against a feared increase in school fees is the latest sign of unrest ahead of a tense election seas…
