Argentina charges HSBC with aiding tax evasion via Swiss accounts
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina has charged HSBC with aiding more than 4,000 clients to evade taxes by stashing their money in secret Swiss bank accounts, the country’s AFIP tax authority said on Thursday.
Pope to urge tolerance in Turkey visit as Middle East wars rage
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Pope Francis begins a visit to Turkey on Friday with the delicate mission of strengthening ties with Muslim leaders while condemning violence against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.
France warns African leaders against trying to keep power
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande warned African leaders on Thursday against trying to modify constitutions to stay in power and said they should learn from the forced departure of Burkina Faso’s president Blaise Compaore.
Taliban kill five in Kabul in attacks on British embassy car, foreign compound
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban bombed a British embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday morning, killing five people, and attacked a foreign compound in the city center in the evening, officials and witnesses said.
Can man-of-the-people Widodo micromanage 240 million Indonesians?
JAKARTA (Reuters) – From flying economy class to making surprise visits to street markets and poor neighbourhoods, the leadership style of new Indonesian President Joko Widodo is proving very different to his predecessors, who were often seen as stiff …
In Syria, desperate residents see little hope in U.N. Aleppo truce plan
BEIRUT/GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) – As winter sets in along the front lines of Aleppo, residents are desperate for the sort of relief United Nations officials hope a new ceasefire push will soon bring to the war-battered Syrian city.
At least 133 killed in tribal clashes in Sudan: tribe leader
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 133 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in clashes between two groups belonging to an Arab tribe in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, a tribal leader said on Thursday.
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.
