Hong Kong student activists rally ahead of threatened blockade
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong students gathered in the heart of the city for a second day on Wednesday ahead of a planned blockade of government buildings if the city’s leader fails to discuss their demands for free elections.
Venezuela court gives long sentences to beauty queen’s killers
CARACAS (Reuters) – Three men convicted of murdering a former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband this year were sentenced to at least 24 years in jail in a case that shook the crime-ridden South American nation, authorities said.
Rousseff gains in Brazil presidential race as Silva slips
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff has regained the edge in Brazil’s presidential race after weeks of aggressive campaigning against environmentalist Marina Silva, who has lost ground among voters in the campaign’s homestretch, polls showed …
Obama forges anti-ISIL coalition, but will it hang together?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Arabs are in. Turkey is on the fence. Britain, still smarting from an earlier Iraq war, is cautiously edging toward expanded action. Even Greece wants to help – if someone would tell it how.
U.N. Security Council blacklists foreign fighters, recruiters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A United Nations Security Council committee blacklisted on Tuesday more than a dozen foreign extremist fighters, fundraisers and recruiters tied to militant groups in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia and Yemen, including a s…
Exclusive: U.S. told Iran of intent to strike Islamic State in Syria – source
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States informed Iran in advance of its intention to strike Islamic State militants in Syria and assured Tehran that it would not target the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a senior Iranian official told…
U.S. and Arab allies launch first strikes on militants in Syria
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States and its Arab allies bombed militant groups in Syria for the first time on Tuesday, killing scores of Islamic State fighters, members of a separate al Qaeda-linked group and opening a new front amid shifti…
Shadowy al Qaeda cell, hit by U.S. in Syria, seen as ‘imminent’ threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – While the world has focused on a U.S.-led air assault on Islamic State strongholds in Syria, American officials said they also struck a blow there against a little-known cadre of hardened al Qaeda militants that posed a more imme…
Rousseff regains edge in Brazil presidential race as Silva slips
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff has regained a slight edge in Brazil’s presidential race after weeks of aggressive campaigning against environmentalist Marina Silva, who is losing some voter support in the campaign’s homestretch, polls sh…
Colombia’s Santos says using ‘carrot and stick’ to disarm FARC
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ending Colombia’s 50-year war against Marxist rebels without a ceasefire will require carrots, sticks and social policy incentives, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Tuesday.
