Venezuela sees protests down to hard core, over by July
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s three-month protest movement has dwindled to a hard core of a few hundred violent troublemakers and the unrest should be snuffed out by July, a top security official said.
Bangladesh ferry capsizes with 200 passengers aboard; 12 bodies found
DHAKA (Reuters) – A Bangladeshi river ferry with around 200 passengers on board capsized in a storm on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, and a rescue diver said he had seen more bodies inside the wreck.
Brazilians protest World Cup spending, call for better services
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Cities across Brazil braced for demonstrations on Thursday, as disparate protest movements seek to criticize spending on the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and revive a call for better public services that swept the country …
Bosnia calls general election for October 12
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia said on Thursday it would hold presidential and parliamentary elections on October 12.
U.S. criticizes Nigeria over kidnapping response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. Defense Department official criticized Nigeria on Thursday for being too slow to adapt in response to the threat of Boko Haram, but said Washington is committed to helping fight the group and safely return more than 20…
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank clash
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians during a stone-throwing protest on Thursday marking the “Nakba”, the annual commemoration of what Palestinians term the catastrophe of their displacement when Israel was founded….
Exclusive: Centrifuges emerge as key sticking point in Iran nuclear talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – The biggest hurdle Iran and world powers must overcome to clinch a lasting deal on Tehran’s nuclear program by a July deadline is agreeing on the future scope of uranium enrichment in the Islamic Republic, officials and diplomats sai…
Up to 21 dead, doctor says, as anti-China riots spread in Vietnam
HANOI (Reuters) – Up to 21 people were killed in Vietnam, a doctor said on Thursday, and a huge foreign steel project was set ablaze as anti-China riots spread to the centre of the country a day after arson and looting in the south.
Hagel says is not aware of Israel spying on U.S
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said on Thursday he was unaware of any truth to a media report that Israel has been spying on the United States.
India’s Gandhi dynasty facing more than just election defeat
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that has defined Indian politics for nearly a century faces more than humiliating election defeat when results come out on Friday.
