Brazil VP drops liaison role, remains in Rousseff government
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer has decided to drop his role as day-to-day political coordinator in Congress for President Dilma Rousseff but is not leaving her government, two sources in the administration said on Monday.
Islamic State executes four people in central Libyan city: residents
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State has executed four people in the central Libyan city of Sirte, including at least one member of a rival group whose body was put on display, according to residents and a video published on social media on Monday…
U.S. to deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe very soon as part of a broader effort to support eastern European members of the NATO alliance unnerved by Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, Air Force Secretary Deborah Ja…
Ukraine faces risky year fighting to escape Russian orbit: Poroshenko
KIEV(Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukraine was facing a precarious year struggling to fend off what he called Russian strategies to undermine Kiev’s drive for closer relations with Europe.
North, South Korea reach agreement to ease tensions
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea reached agreement early on Tuesday to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire that had pushed the divided peninsula into a state of heightened military tension.
Lebanese anti-government protesters call Saturday rally
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese protest organizers called for more demonstrations against the government on Saturday after two days rallies that descended into violence and forced the government to erect blast walls around it headquarters.
Turkey’s Erdogan calls parliamentary election, to meet PM Davutoglu
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called for fresh parliamentary elections, his office said on Monday, in a widely anticipated move after two months of coalition talks failed to produce a coalition government ahead of a deadline.
U.S., Turkey to launch ‘comprehensive’ anti-Islamic State operation
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey and the United States will soon launch “comprehensive” air operations to flush Islamic State fighters from a zone in northern Syria bordering Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Reuters on Monday.
Migrants scuffle with police in Milan, denounce conditions
MILAN (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants scuffled with police and briefly blocked a major road in Italy’s financial capital Milan on Monday in a protest against their living conditions and their long wait for authorization to seek work.
Houthi rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen’s Taiz: residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Rockets fired by Houthi militiamen killed 14 civilians, most of them children, as fighting intensified for control of Yemen’s third largest city, Taiz, residents said on Monday.
