Portuguese president asks PM to form government to ensure stability
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s president asked Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho on Tuesday to form a government that can ensure political stability following an inconclusive national election which denied the center-right leader a parliamentary majori…
Macri dismisses policy paralysis risk if he wins Argentine presidency
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s leading opposition candidate, Mauricio Macri, on Tuesday shrugged off concerns he would struggle to push through his reform agenda if he wins this month’s leadership contest but fails as expected to secure a majorit…
Big palm oil’s pledge to preserve forests vexes Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The Indonesian government is asking major palm oil companies to row back on the historic “no deforestation” pledges they made at last year’s United Nations climate change summit, officials and company sources say.
Pentagon calls Afghan hospital strike a mistake, seeks accountability
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military took responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, calling it a mistake and vowing to hold people accountable.
Merkel, Hollande to present common front for EU in crisis
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande address the European Parliament on Wednesday, hoping to bolster EU cohesion to face interlocking crises in an echo of Franco-German unity in the days after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Ex-U.N. General Assembly president, five others charged in U.S. in bribe scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. authorities charged a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and four others on Tuesday for engaging in a wide-ranging corruption scheme.
Brazil attorney general turns to high court on Rousseff accounts
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s attorney general turned to the Supreme Court on Tuesday in another bid to prevent a ruling on embattled President Dilma Rousseff’s accounts that could pave the way to an impeachment hearing.
Kerry arrives in Haiti to offer U.S. support ahead of elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday urged Haitians to vote in upcoming elections and said there was no place for violence or intimidation.
NATO rejects Russia explanation on Turkish air space
BRUSSELS/BEIRUT (Reuters) – NATO on Tuesday rejected Moscow’s explanation that its warplanes had violated alliance member Turkey’s air space by mistake and said Russia was sending more ground troops to Syria and building up its naval presence.
Guinea-Bissau president rejects proposed government
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz rejected on Tuesday a cabinet proposed by his new prime minister, dealing a blow to efforts aimed at turning the page on a crisis that has threatened to destabilize the coup-plagued West African…
