South Korea reports 14 new MERS cases, takes total to 122
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s health ministry on Thursday reported 14 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), taking the total to 122 in an outbreak that is the largest outside Saudi Arabia.
Guatemala Congress to review presidential immunity over graft scandals
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Supreme Court on Wednesday said Congress would decide whether to strip President Otto Perez of his immunity from prosecution to face investigation over corruption scandals that have battered his government.
Obama orders more troops to Iraq to guide fightback against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered the deployment of 450 more U.S. troops to Iraq’s Sunni heartland to advise and assist fragile Iraqi forces being built up to try to retake territory lost to Islamic State.
France probes Russian lead in TV5Monde hacking: sources
SAN FRANCISCO/PARIS (Reuters) – Russian hackers linked to the Kremlin could be behind one of the biggest attacks to date on televised communications, which knocked French station TV5Monde off air in April, sources familiar with France’s inquiry said.
Pope urges Putin to make ‘sincere, great effort’ for Ukraine peace
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A stern Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a “sincere and great effort” to achieve peace in Ukraine.
Tunisia rescues 350 migrants heading by boat to Italy from Libya
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s navy rescued more than 350 illegal migrants off its coast and was searching for hundreds more on Wednesday after they tried to sail from neighboring Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa, the local Red Cross said.
Bosnian Serb MPs reject Srebrenica genocide resolution
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb lawmakers voted out a resolution that described the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as a genocide on Wednesday, saying the motion was an attack on their community and would destabilize the country.
Next round of Iran nuclear talks ‘pretty tough’: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The next round of Iran nuclear negotiations will be “pretty tough,” a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday ahead of new talks including top diplomats from the seven countries involved.
Backed into corner, Turkey’s Erdogan shows hints of compromise
Straying from his vast new $500 million palace, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hosted a senior opposition lawmaker at his more modest Ankara residence on Wednesday and appeared, so the lawmaker said, to be in a mood for compromise.
American killed in Syria, State Department says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An American man has been killed in Syria, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday, declining to provide details.
