Brazil president, speaker forge uneasy truce in political crisis
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Until last week they were political enemies.
Argentina’s Macri courts Peronists to save presidential bid
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – When Mauricio Macri, the conservative opposition challenger in Argentina’s presidential race, unveiled a statue of the late working class hero Juan Peron it signaled a late shift in campaign strategy: a push to attract moderate…
MSF says U.S. tank entered compound of bombed Afghan hospital without permission
KABUL (Reuters) – Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday that a U.S. tank entered the grounds of its hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz without permission, damaging the compound that was hit in a U.S. air strike earlier t…
Half a million Yemen children face severe malnutrition: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than half a million children in Yemen face life-threatening malnutrition as a risk of famine grows, a senior official of the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Turkey grumbles as EU hails deal to stem migration
ISTANBUL/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Turkish leaders accused Europeans on Friday of treating their country shabbily and warned that a new deal with the EU to help stem the flow of migrants to Europe was not completely finalised.
German opposition to EU-U.S. trade deal increases
BERLIN (Reuters) – Nearly half of Germans reject a proposed trade deal between Europe and the United States, a new opinion poll showed on Friday, almost twice as many as in February 2014.
Hungary to close border with Croatia in move to stem migrant flow
ZAKANY/BEREMEND, Hungary (Reuters) – Hungary said on Friday it would close its southern border with Croatia from midnight, pressing ahead with a unilateral crackdown on the flow of migrants to a Europe still divided over how to handle them.
Polish opposition asks how government will protect people from any diseases brought by refugees
WARSAW (Reuters) – The leader of Poland’s main opposition party, tipped to win an election on Oct. 25, called on the government on Friday to explain how it will protect people from any diseases he says are carried by refugees from the Middle East.
Greek PM asks top tax official to quit after charges over TV ads
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras demanded the resignation of the country’s top tax official on Friday, a day after she was charged with breach of duty in attempting to defer tax collections from the country’s TV stations by a year…
Burkina Faso coup leader charged with crimes against humanity
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – The leader of last month’s failed coup in Burkina Faso, General Gilbert Diendere, has been charged with crimes against humanity, a senior military justice official said on Friday.
