Guinea-Bissau president rejects proposed government
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau President Jose Mario Vaz rejected on Tuesday a cabinet proposed by his new prime minister, dealing a blow to efforts aimed at turning the page on a crisis that has threatened to destabilize the coup-plagued West African…
IndustriALL Union files ILO complaint against Thailand
GENEVA (Reuters) – IndustriALL, a global labor union with 50 million members, has filed a complaint against Thailand at the International Labour Organization in Geneva, the union said on Wednesday.
Australian police arrest five over shooting ‘linked to terrorism’
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police arrested five people in raids on several homes in Sydney on Wednesday in their investigation of the murder last week of a police accountant that they said was “linked to terrorism”.
Pentagon calls Afghan hospital strike a mistake, seeks accountability
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military took responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, calling it a mistake and vowing to hold people accountable.
Big palm oil’s pledge to preserve forests vexes Indonesia
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The Indonesian government is asking major palm oil companies to row back on the historic “no deforestation” pledges they made at last year’s United Nations climate change summit, officials and company sources say.
Portuguese president asks Passos Coelho to form new government
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s president asked Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho on Tuesday to form a government which can ensure political stability following an inconclusive national election which denied the center-right leader a parliamentary major…
Ivory Coast opposition candidate suspends participation in presidential vote
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Former Ivory Coast foreign minister turned opposition candidate Amara Essy said on Tuesday he had suspended his participation in this month’s presidential election, saying the process was undemocratic and dominated by the incumbent….
Pope Francis to visit Mexico in 2016
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis plans to make his first official trip to Mexico next year, a Vatican spokesman said on Tuesday, announcing the Argentine pontiff’s latest visit to the Americas.
German authorities accused of playing down refugee shelter sex crime reports
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s police union and women’s rights groups accused the authorities on Tuesday of playing down reports of harassment, sexual assault and even rape at refugee shelters because they feared a backlash against asylum seekers.
West, Ukraine, hail rebel decision to postpone disputed elections
KIEV (Reuters) – A decision by pro-Russian separatists to postpone local elections that Ukraine had said were illegitimate was welcomed on Tuesday by Kiev, the European Union, Washington and Moscow – the rebels’ patron – as a sign of progress in the fa…
