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.
Sri Lanka’s Sirisena promises new era of clean government
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday promised a new era of clean government, capitalising on a strong voter mandate for a government of national unity to pursue economic and political reforms.
Turkish raids on firms close to cleric raise fears of pre-election crackdown
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police on Tuesday raided the offices of a conglomerate linked to a U.S.-based cleric accused of plotting against President Tayyip Erdogan, a move seen by critics as a bid to silence opposition media two months ahead of an e…
Turkey’s G20 presidency becomes casualty of political turmoil
ANKARA (Reuters) – When Turkey took over the helm of the G20 this year, it hoped to promote an image of an emerging economic power forging a strategy to tackle sluggish global growth and giving low-income nations a stronger voice.
Five protesters killed in fresh Nepal violence: police
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepali police shot dead at least four protesters and killed a fifth on Tuesday as demonstrators threw stones and petrol bombs, angry at a new planned constitution.
