Puerto Rico governor calls report on his election plans incorrect
SAN JUAN/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla said via social media on Wednesday that a news report he would announce this week a decision not to run in the November 2016 elections was incorrect.
Bavarian allies heap pressure on Merkel over refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel came under intense pressure for her handling of the refugee crisis on Wednesday, with her Bavarian allies warning of a full-blown coalition crisis unless she takes immediate action to limit a record in…
Pressure mounts on Brazilian Congress to impeach president
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Opposition activists handcuffed themselves to a pillar in Brazil’s Congress on Wednesday seeking the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff for mismanaging a once-booming economy and undermining confidence in the country.
Saudi-led coalition drops weapons for allies in Yemeni city
DUBAI (Reuters) – Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition bombed the Iran-allied Houthi movement across Yemen on Wednesday and dropped weapons to Islamist militias battling the group, a day after being accused of bombing the hospital of an international m…
Burundi violence leaves more than a dozen dead, U.N. worried
NAIROBI (Reuters) – More than a dozen people were killed in clashes in Burundi on Monday and Tuesday, police said, in the latest violence linked to the disputed third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza that has sparked concern by the United Nations Se…
Italy court refuses to extradite Tunis museum attack suspect
MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian court on Wednesday turned down a request from Tunisia to extradite a Moroccan man suspected of having supplied weapons for the attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis in March because he might then face the death penalty.
Forced cannibalism, child soldiers scar South Sudan war: African Union
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Forced cannibalism, mutilation of bodies, conscription of child soldiers and other human rights abuses have marked the war in South Sudan and may amount to violations of international law, an African Union (AU) report said on Wednes…
U.S., Chinese naval officials to discuss South China Sea situation: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson and his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Wu Shengli, will hold an hour long video teleconference Thursday, days after China was angered by a U.S. warship’s patrol within a 12-mil…
Britain’s Cameron breaks cover on EU, says outsider Norway no model
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday launched his most open defense to date of Britain remaining in the European Union, telling Eurosceptics that EU-outsider Norway was no model to emulate.
NATO discussing increasing troops near Russia’s borders: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are discussing increasing the number of troops stationed along the Russian border and putting them under formal alliance command, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednes…
