Brazil’s Rousseff tells paper she is uncowed by opposition calls to quit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told newspaper Folha de S. Paulo in an interview published Tuesday that she plans to finish her term and continue with efforts to narrow the budget deficit in spite of growing calls among opponen…
Cholera kills 32 in South Sudan, education key to stemming outbreak: U.N.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A cholera outbreak in war-torn South Sudan has killed at least 32 people, a fifth of them children under five, and schools have a major role to play in stemming the spread of the disease, the United Nations said on…
Afghan president says peace delegation meeting Taliban in Pakistan
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan government has sent a peace delegation to Pakistan for negotiations with the Taliban, the president’s office said in a statement on Twitter on Tuesday.
Turkish opposition accuses Erdogan of stalling on government mandate
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish opposition MPs accused President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday of stalling efforts to form a coalition government as he seeks to maintain his grip on power, a month after the AK Party he founded lost its parliamentary majority.
Judge quits Cambodia’s troubled Khmer Rouge trials
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – An international judge announced his resignation from the U.N.-backed war crimes trials in Cambodia on Tuesday, the fourth to quit so far and another blow for the troubled tribunal probing the atrocities of the 1970s Khmer Rouge …
China kicks off war commemorations with graphic exhibition
MARCO POLO BRIDGE, China (Reuters) – With dioramas of heroic Communist soldiers and graphic pictures of massacres, China formally kicked off its commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two on Tuesday with the unveiling of a new …
Explosives stolen from army base in France
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – Explosives, 180 detonators and around 40 grenades were stolen from an army base in the southern French town of Miramas, near Marseille, a source close to investigation said on Tuesday.
Mystery deaths in India recruitment scam pressure Modi’s party
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The deaths of a number of witnesses in a massive fraud case surrounding cheating at college and government jobs has become the latest source of discomfort for India’s ruling party, already on the defensive over influence trafficki…
Japan’s Abe faces growing risk on security shift: opposition leader
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be taking a big risk if he pushes through a dramatic change in security policy despite objections from most citizens, who want a better explanation why the change is needed, a top opposition fig…
Drone strikes target Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan
Kabul (Reuters) – Two drone strikes targeted militants loyal to Islamic State in Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing between 25 and 49 insurgents, according to differing estimates by Afghan and foreign officials.
