Brazil court gives another 15 days for Rousseff to explain accounts
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s highest accounting court gave another 15 days for President Dilma Rousseff to respond to accusations she doctored the government accounts last year to hide the deterioration of the country’s finances.
Serbia may hold early elections, decision by end-September: PM Vucic
VIENNA (Reuters) – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday there was a 50/50 chance his government would call an early election, but he declined to give his reasons.
Colombia rebel pleads guilty in U.S. to hostage taking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A member of the Colombian FARC rebel group pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to hostage-taking charges stemming from the 2003 kidnappings of three U.S. citizens in Colombia, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday.
Haiti drought cuts harvests, lifts prices, food crisis looms: WFP
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A severe drought in Haiti has led to acute water shortages, shriveled harvests and raised food prices, weakening the fragile food supply and worsening hunger among the poor, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said…
U.S. reports 20 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 20 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, a U.S. military statement said.
Saudi military intercepts Scud missile fired by Yemeni forces
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni army units allied to the Houthi militia fired a ballistic missile toward southern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday but the Saudi military said it intercepted it and retaliated with air strikes on Yemeni territory.
Islamists kill at least seven in southern Somali attack
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist al Shabaab militants killed at least seven people including a regional official and local police commander in an attack on a government convoy in southern Somalia on Wednesday, officials and the group said.
U.N. cuts aid to ex-rebels in Congo, urges state to step in
KINSHASA (Reuters) – U.N. peacekeepers said on Wednesday they would have to cut rations for 6,800 ex-rebels and their families left in limbo in government camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo, blaming a shortage of funds and calling for the state …
Merkel, heckled on visit to refugees, says no to xenophobia
HEIDENAU, Germany (Reuters) – Dozens of protesters shouted at Chancellor Angela Merkel and waved placards with the slogan “traitor” on Wednesday when she visited an eastern German town where anti-refugee protests erupted into violence at the weekend.
Algerian troops kill five Islamist fighters in operation
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s armed forces have mounted operations against Islamist militants in the east of the country and killed five fighters in the past few days, the Defense Ministry on Wednesday.
