Greece’s Syriza to scrap VAT on private schools if elected
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s Syriza party will scrap a value added tax on private education if voted back to power in a snap election in September, a party statement said on Tuesday evening, as its leader Alexis Tsipras campaigned on the island of Crete…
U.S., allies conduct 19 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 19 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the U.S. military said in a statement on Tuesday.
Livid over crime, some Venezuelans resort to mob justice
VALENCIA/CARACAS (Reuters) – When a man they believed to be a thief sneaked into their parking lot in the Venezuelan city of Valencia, angry residents caught him, stripped him and beat him with fists, sticks and stones.
Lawsuit against Uber withdrawn over alleged India rape
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A woman who sued Uber over an alleged rape by a driver in India has voluntarily withdrawn her lawsuit against the company, according to a court filing on Tuesday.
South Africa lawmakers reject bid to impeach Zuma over Bashir saga
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s parliament on Tuesday rejected investigating President Jacob Zuma for possible impeachment for allowing Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to evade an arrest warrant and leave the country in June.
Kurds suspect another chemical attack by Islamic State in Iraq
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish authorities said on Tuesday they suspected a homemade rocket fired by Islamic State at their peshmerga forces in northern Iraq contained chemical substances, accusing the Islamist insurgents of an increasing use of chemi…
Jailed Odebrecht CEO criticizes plea deals in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The jailed chief executive of Brazil’s largest engineering group said on Tuesday he had no intention of signing a plea deal and criticized suspects who are collaborating with a massive corruption investigation.
Mexico’s opposition plots tag team to wrestle government
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Reeling from their worst electoral drubbing in a generation, Mexico’s main opposition parties are poised to join forces in state elections to weaken President Enrique Pena Nieto’s ruling party before the next presidential electi…
Civilians pay heavy price in Yemen’s Taiz, health care collapses: UN
GENEVA (Reuters) – Nearly 100 civilians have been killed in the past two weeks in Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz where a collapsing health care service and outbreak of dengue fever are compounding a dire humanitarian situation, the United Nations sa…
Kuwait charges 26 suspects over arms cache, alleges Iran link
KUWAIT(Reuters) – Kuwait has charged 26 people with possessing weapons and having contacts with Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah group in order to plot attacks against the Gulf state.
