Militants kill four in Tunisian border attack
TUNIS (Reuters) – Islamist militants disguised as security officials killed three Tunisian policemen and a civilian in an attack near the border with Algeria, the state news agency TAP said on Sunday.
Myanmar journalists on trial for reporting alleged chemical weapons factory
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar police have charged five journalists with “disclosing state secrets” after their newspaper carried a story about an alleged chemical weapons factory, state media reported Sunday.
Heavy snow kills 12 in Japan, disrupts power and flights
TOKYO (Reuters) – Heavy snow hit Tokyo and other parts of eastern Japan over the weekend, leaving 12 people dead, hundreds of thousands of households without electricity, and causing major disruptions to air and ground traffic.
Renzi set to become Italy’s youngest prime minister
ROME (Reuters) – Center-left leader Matteo Renzi was set to be nominated as Italy’s youngest prime minister in a matter of days after a party coup forced Enrico Letta to resign as premier of the euro zone state struggling to pull out of recession.
Mediator apologizes to Syrians for lack of peace progress
GENEVA (Reuters) – International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi apologized to the Syrian people for the lack of progress at peace talks in Geneva after their second round ended on Saturday with little more than an agreement to meet again.
Venezuelan students fight police, ‘Chavistas’ rally
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan police fired teargas and turned water cannons on stone-throwing protesters on Saturday to stop them blocking a Caracas highway in a fourth day of sporadic unrest against President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
Exclusive: Brazil World Cup stadium was structurally damaged by fire
CUIABA, Brazil (Reuters) – An October fire at a Brazilian World Cup stadium caused far more damage than previously reported, according to a report by local prosecutors obtained by Reuters, raising questions about whether the stadium will be ready for t…
Exclusive: Brazil World Cup stadium was structurally damaged by fire
CUIABA, Brazil (Reuters) – An October fire at a Brazilian World Cup stadium caused far more damage than previously reported, according to a report by local prosecutors obtained by Reuters, raising questions about whether the stadium will be ready for t…
‘Chavistas’ march in Venezuela, opposition protests continue
CARACAS (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro marched in central Caracas on Saturday to call for peace and make a show of political strength after this week’s deadly violence at street protests.
Russia demands access to Russian drug smuggler in U.S. jail
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has summoned an American diplomat to demand diplomatic and medical access to a Russian drug smuggler imprisoned in the United States, who Moscow says was tortured when he was arrested in 2010.
