After purge, Myanmar’s Shwe Mann mounts campaign trail comeback
PHYU, Myanmar (Reuters) – Ousted Myanmar ruling party chief Shwe Mann is mounting a comeback ahead of a historic election next month, setting the stage for a likely presidential bid that will add to the unpredictability of the country’s transition to d…
Libyan helicopter shot down, killing senior Tripoli officers
TRIPOLI, Reuters – Several military commanders from Libya’s self-styled government in Tripoli were killed on Tuesday when their helicopter was shot down by another of the country’s armed factions, triggering clashes west of the capital.
Peru court sentences Catholic priest to 35 years for raping boy
LIMA (Reuters) – A Peruvian court sentenced a Catholic priest to 35 years in prison on Tuesday for repeatedly raping a boy in the school where he was chaplain – one of the few times Peru has jailed clergy accused of sex abuse.
Bavarian leader criticizes Austria and Merkel over refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – The premier of the state of Bavaria criticized Austria on Tuesday for failing to coordinate the flow of migrants into southern Germany even as he renewed a challenge to Chancellor Angela Merkel over her management of the refugee cris…
Amid renewed U.S.-Cuba ties, U.N. condemns embargo for 24th year
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday condemned a U.S. trade embargo on Cuba for the 24th year in a resolution that Washington voted against despite warming ties and a push by President Barack Obama to remove the eco…
Parents receive body of first Russian to die in Syria, doubt suicide
GRECHANAYA BALKA, Russia (Reuters) – The body of the first Russian serviceman confirmed dead in four weeks of air strikes in Syria was delivered on Tuesday to his parents, who said they were not convinced by the military’s account that their 19-year-ol…
Syrian presidency says seeks end to terrorism before initiatives
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian presidency said on Tuesday political initiatives could not work in Syria before terrorism had been wiped out, sticking by its long-held position on how to end its war with insurgents after its Russian allies called for new…
Guatemala’s next leader eyes GPS tags on teachers, phones for kids
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Basking in the glory of a landslide in Guatemala’s presidential election, a former comedian with no government experience has some unorthodox policy plans: he will tag teachers with GPS trackers to ensure attendance and give …
Tanzanian opposition party challenges vote count, cites rigging
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s main opposition party said on Tuesday it did not recognize results announced so far from a weekend presidential and parliamentary election due to “widespread rigging”, after a broadly peaceful vote that the ruling p…
Yemeni MSF hospital bombed, Saudi-led coalition denies responsibility
DUBAI (Reuters) – A hospital in north Yemen run by the medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was destroyed late on Monday by a missile strike, MSF said, but the Saudi-led coalition denied that its planes had hit the hospital.
