Cop killings in Venezuela reach 120 so far in 2015
CARACAS (Reuters) – One hundred and twenty policemen have been murdered so far this year in Venezuela, one of the world’s most violent countries, a local watchdog said on Friday.
Coordinated or not, attacks show Islamic State’s growing reach
LONDON (Reuters) – The attacks came one after the other in the space of a few hours.
Delivery man beheads boss in suspected Islamist attack on French gas site
SAINT-QUENTIN FALLAVIER, France (Reuters) – A delivery man with known Islamist connections beheaded his boss and left the body, daubed with Arabic writing, at the site of a U.S.-owned gas factory in southeast France before trying to blow up the complex…
U.S. proposes six rival South Sudan leaders for first U.N. sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States has proposed six rival commanders from South Sudan be the first people blacklisted by the United Nations Security Council for threatening the peace and stability of the world’s newest state.
Saudi-led jets bomb Yemen as Hadi government rejects new talks
SANAA (Reuters) – Air strikes by Saudi-led forces hit military bases across Yemen on Friday, residents told Reuters, and the country’s foreign minister was quoted as saying there was no need to convene another peace summit after the first round of talk…
Putin out to seize control of Ukraine, says Kiev defense chief
KIEV (Reuters) – The West should not drop its guard over Ukraine, the country’s defense minister said on Friday, saying a build-up of Russian forces in support of separatists showed President Vladimir Putin was bent on seizing control of the country.
In tense talks, EU leaders agree on plan to confront migrant crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Fractious European leaders argued into the early hours on Friday over how to handle over a migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, agreeing a plan to share out the care of desperate people fleeing war and poverty in North Africa and t…
Libya talks at crucial stage over power-sharing deal
SKHIRATE, Morocco (Reuters) – Libya’s two main rival factions restarted U.N.-backed peace talks in Morocco on Friday with negotiations at a crucial stage over a power-sharing proposal that negotiators call the best chance for peace.
Brazil probe pits investigators against long-protected elite
CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) – In a nation where the elite have enjoyed relative impunity, a new generation of police and prosecutors in Brazil are bent on using the country’s largest-ever corruption investigation to send the message that no one is above…
U.N. rights experts urge U.S. moratorium on death penalty
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights experts appealed to the United States on Friday to impose a moratorium on the death penalty for federal crimes, including the sentence imposed on the Boston Marathon bomber, with a view to abolishing the p…
