Thousands march in Honduras to demand resignation of president
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Thousands of angry, torch-bearing Hondurans marched on Friday to call for the resignation of President Juan Hernandez and demand an independent probe into one of the worst corruption scandals in the country’s history.
U.S. compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department’s number two diplomat on Friday compared China’s behavior in pursuit of territory in the South China Sea to that of Russia in eastern Ukraine.
Brazil ministers rebut new wave of campaign funding allegations
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Two Brazilian ministers denied on Friday that there was anything illegal about campaign donations made in recent years by a businessman allegedly involved in massive corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras.
Gunman kills 39 at Tunisian beachside hotel, Islamic State claims attack
SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) – A gunman disguised as a tourist opened fire at a Tunisian hotel on Friday with a rifle he had hidden in an umbrella, killing 39 people including Britons, Germans and Belgians as they lounged at the beach in an attack claimed…
Burundi crisis escalates as opposition boycotts elections
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Opposition parties said on Friday they would boycott Burundi’s elections in protest at the president’s bid for a third term and over concerns voting would not be fair, escalating the African nation’s worst political crisis since a…
Kerry, Zarif to discuss Iran nuclear deal as deadline approaches: U.S. official
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.S. and Iranian foreign ministers will meet on Saturday, a senior U.S. official said, as major differences persist over an agreement under which Iran would curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
U.N. council told sound of helicopters has Syrians ‘watching for death’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The sound of whirring helicopter blades fills Syrians with fear that “hell and fire” is about fall in a barrel bomb, a rescue worker told the United Nations Security Council on Friday as pressure mounts for the body to take a…
Islamic State suicide bomber kills 27, wounds 227 in Kuwait mosque
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 27 people when he blew himself up inside a packed Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kuwait city during Friday prayers, the health ministry and witnesses said, the first attack of its kind in the major oil-exporting sta…
Mexicans bash Trump pinata, call him imbecile
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Few presidents of Mexico have managed to unite the country in the way Donald Trump did after he launched his U.S. presidential bid last week with a string of broadsides against America’s southern neighbor.
U.S. compares China’s South China Sea moves to Russia’s in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department’s number two diplomat on Friday compared China’s behavior in pursuit of territory in the South China Sea to that of Russia in eastern Ukraine.
