Brazil election poll gives Neves wide advantage over Rousseff
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Opposition candidate Aecio Neves would defeat President Dilma Rousseff by almost 13 percentage points in the Oct. 26 runoff to Brazil’s presidential election, according to a poll published on Friday.
Islamic State flying three jets in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war said on Friday, saying it was the first time the militant group had taken to the …
Hong Kong activists regroup to force police retreat in protest hotspot
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy activists recaptured parts of a core protest zone early on Saturday, defying riot police who had tried to disperse them with pepper spray and baton charges.
Thousands march in Acapulco over feared Mexican student massacre
ACAPULCO Mexico (Reuters) – Thousands marched in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Friday to demand answers about the fate of 43 missing trainee teachers, who authorities fear were massacred by police in league with gang members.
Nigeria says reaches deal with Boko Haram to free abducted girls
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria said on Friday it had agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram and reached a deal for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the group six months ago.
Nigeria says reaches deal with Boko Haram to free abducted girls
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria said on Friday it had agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram and reached a deal for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the group six months ago.
Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks
MILAN (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine…
Sweden’s military investigates ‘suspicious underwater activity’
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s military said on Friday it was searching an area of the sea around the Stockholm archipelago after a report on “suspicious underwater activity”.
Sunni tribesmen and Houthi fighters clash in Yemen, 15 dead
SANAA (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed in heavy fighting between Sunni Muslim tribesmen and Shi’ite Houthi rebels in central Yemen on Friday, increasing fears of outright sectarian warfare.
Turkey drops corruption case that dogged government: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors have dropped a corruption case against 53 suspects, among them two former minister’s sons, drawing a line under a scandal that dogged now-President Tayyip Erdogan’s inner circle for months, media said on Friday….
