U.S. approves $700 million sale of Hellfire missiles to Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of 5,000 Hellfire missiles to Iraq as Baghdad tries to fend off militant Islamist forces.
Workers’ Party boss sees Rousseff re-election despite inflation
BRASILIA (Reuters) – High inflation should not keep Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff from getting re-elected in October because wage earners have been cushioned by social gains made during a decade of Workers’ Party rule, the party’s boss said.
Russia says confused by Obama’s accusations over Malaysian jet crash probe
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is puzzled by U.S. President Barack Obama’s suggestion that Moscow was not cooperating with an international investigation into what downed a Malaysian Airline’s jet earlier this month, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Two former senior Murdoch editors charged over UK phone-hacking
LONDON (Reuters) – Two more senior journalists from Rupert Murdoch’s defunct British tabloid the News of the World have been charged with phone-hacking, prosecutors said on Wednesday, weeks after the paper’s former editor was jailed for the crime.
Moscovici says confident will have important economic role in EU Commission
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s candidate for the European Commission Pierre Moscovici is convinced he will have an important economic portfolio, he told Reuters on Wednesday, rebuffing German concerns that France lacked the budget credibility to take such …
At least 34 killed in stampede at Guinea beach concert
CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least 34 people, including several children, were killed in a stampede at a beachside rap concert celebrating the end of Ramadan in Guinea’s capital Conakry, medical sources said on Wednesday.
Thai junta to keep tight grip after transfer of power
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military makes way for a new administration in coming weeks, but the generals will keep a tight grip on power by filling an interim cabinet and legislature with soldiers, military sources said on Wednesday.
Russia bans Polish fruit and vegetable in apparent retaliation for sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia announced a ban on most fruit and vegetable imports from Poland on Wednesday and said it may extend the restrictions to the rest of the European Union, its first apparent retaliation to new Western sanctions imposed over Ukrai…
Exclusive: China’s Xi reached deal with former leaders to investigate ex-security chief: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Two influential former Chinese leaders gave their consent for President Xi Jinping to investigate ex-domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, sources told Reuters, a sign the corruption probe will not open a rift in the ruling Communi…
Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor dies from virus
FREETOWN (Reuters) – The doctor leading Sierra Leone’s fight against the worst Ebola outbreak on record died from the virus on Tuesday, the country’s chief medical officer said.
