Venezuela’s Machado vows to fight assassination plot charges
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Thursday vowed to fight an expected indictment alleging she was involved in a plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, calling the charges an attempt to silence critics of the socia…
Mali and rebels fail to reach deal in third round of talks
BAMAKO (Reuters) – A third round of talks between the Malian government and mostly Tuareg rebel groups, held in Algiers, broke up on Thursday without an agreement, officials for both sides said, although mediators remained optimistic about a future dea…
Northeast Nigeria bus station blast kills 40 people: sources
YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) – A roadside bomb tore through a bus station near a busy junction in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, killing 40 people including five soldiers, witnesses and a security source on the scene said.
Uruguay’s Vazquez set to extend leftist coalition’s run in power
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Former leader Tabare Vazquez is on track to win Uruguay’s presidential election runoff on Sunday, paving the way for the roll-out of a groundbreaking law that legalizes the production and sale of marijuana.
Two civilians killed in shelling in east Ukraine rebel city
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy and a 55-year-old woman were killed by shelling in the eastern Ukrainian separatist stronghold of Donetsk on Thursday, the city administration reported, despite a Sept. 5 ceasefire deal.
Myanmar constitution summit ‘impractical’: presidential spokesman
YANGON, November 27 (Reuters) – A summit of political leaders proposed by Myanmar’s parliament to debate constitutional change is “impractical” and unlikely to happen, the president’s spokesman said in a further setback to hopes for full democracy afte…
Tanzania PM sidesteps calls to quit over graft claims
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s prime minister on Thursday sidestepped calls from a parliamentary committee to resign over accusations that he had approved illegal payments to a private power company.
11 corpses dumped in same Mexico state as apparent student massacre
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Eleven mutilated corpses, many of them decapitated, were found dumped by the roadside in southwest Mexico on Thursday in the same state where 43 trainee teachers were abducted and apparently massacred two months ago, local autho…
NATO wrestles with new fast-reaction force prompted by Ukraine crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s planned new fast-reaction force, centerpiece of its response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, is proving harder to set up than expected because of shortages of vital equipment and arguments over funding, diplomats say.
Ukraine puts on parliamentary show of unity in message to Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament approved Arseny Yatseniuk for a new term as prime minister on Thursday in a ceremony that countered reports of high-level disunity in a message to Russia over its backing of separatists in the country’s east.
