U.N. Security Council members condemn North Korea missile launch
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Members of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday condemned North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launch as a violation of U.N. resolutions and will continue discussions on an “appropriate response”, the council president sai…
Brazil’s president loses support but on track to win re-election
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Popular support for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has faltered ahead of the October 5 presidential election, a poll showed Thursday, but the leftist leader remains favored to win a second term.
Malaysian jet search resumes, U.S. sends second Poseidon plane
PERTH (Reuters) – An air search of the remote southern Indian Ocean resumed on Friday, seeking to confirm if hundreds of objects spotted by satellites are debris from a Malaysian jetliner presumed to have crashed almost three weeks ago with the loss of…
U.N. Security Council members condemn North Korea missile launch
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Members of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday condemned North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launch as a violation of U.N. resolutions and will continue discussions on an “appropriate response”, the council president sai…
The great Indian election: it’s about jobs
PATNA, India (Reuters) – Old enough to vote for the first time, student Sheeba Shamim, the daughter of a middle class family, and young construction workers sweating on a nearby building site are impatient for a government in India that delivers jobs a…
Most Germans unhappy with Merkel’s new government: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Most Germans are unhappy with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s right-left coalition, a poll showed on Friday, even as support for the parties that make up her government has hardly changed since September’s election.
Mali swears in court to hear treason case against ex-president
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali swore in a new high court on Thursday that will be charged with hearing a case of high treason against former President Amadou Toumani Toure, who was toppled in a coup in 2012, state radio and a member of parliament said.
Turkey calls Syria security leak ‘villainous,’ blocks YouTube
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday denounced as “villainous” the leaking of a recording of top security officials discussing possible military action in Syria to the video-sharing site YouTube.
Libyan protesters block oil pipeline to Mellitah port as strikes widen
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan protesters have blocked a pipeline carrying oil condensates from the southwestern al-Wafa oilfield to the Mellitah export port, state-owned National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Thursday.
UK coroner records open verdict on death of Russian oligarch Berezovsky
WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – A British coroner said on Thursday he could not be sure if exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky killed himself at his former wife’s British home or was the victim of foul play.
