North Korea goes on war footing against South Korea as deadline looms
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea put its troops on a war footing on Friday as South Korea rejected an ultimatum to stop propaganda broadcasts or face military action, prompting China to voice concern and urge both sides to step back after an exchange of a…
Mexico president, finance minister cleared in ethics probe
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican government auditor on Friday exonerated President Enrique Peña Nieto and his finance minister from any wrongdoing over purchases of homes from public contractors, but opposition lawmakers poured scorn over the bid to lay the scandal to rest.
Dozens killed in Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen-aid group, Houthis
SANAA (Reuters) – Dozens of people, many of them civilians, were killed in air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition on the southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz, an aid organization and Houthi media said on Friday.
Guatemala prosecutors seek to impeach president after ex-VP’s arrest
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Prosecutors sought to impeach Guatemalan President Otto Perez on Friday over a corruption scandal that led to the arrest of his former vice president, deepening a government crisis ahead of presidential elections next month.
Greece moves refugees to mainland, crush builds on border
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece ferried hundreds of refugees to its mainland on Friday to relieve the pressure on outlying islands that have been overwhelmed by thousands of people arriving by boat to flee Syria’s civil war.
Brazil’s largest party not bolting Rousseff government
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer, a key ally of embattled President Dilma Rousseff, might end his role managing her unwieldy coalition in Congress but he is not planning to leave her government, members of his party said on Fr…
Teen’s killing highlights crime wave in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Senior ministers and U.N. officials joined hundreds of women in a beachfront, candlelit protest in Sierra Leone’s capital as the killing of a 17-year-old girl highlighted a rise in violent crime in a country ravaged by Ebola.
Nearly all India’s Muslim women reject ‘triple talaq’, polygamy, survey finds
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 90 percent of Muslim women surveyed in India want the “triple talaq” divorce ritual and polygamy banned from family civil law in the country, a study by a women’s rights organization said on Friday.
Israel says kills Palestinian rocket crew in Syrian Golan
AMMAN/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli said its forces killed at least five Palestinian militants in an air strike on the Syrian Golan Heights on Friday after cross-border rocket fire from there prompted the heaviest Israeli bombardment since Syria’s civi…
U.S., allies target Islamic State with 33 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its partners launched 33 air strikes on Thursday against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said.
