Venezuela’s Congress paves way for Maduro decree powers
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Congress on Tuesday stripped an opposition deputy of parliamentary immunity over corruption allegations, giving the ruling Socialist Party enough votes to approve President Nicolas Maduro’s request for decree powers.
Honduras ruling party candidate Hernandez eyes IMF credit deal
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ ruling party presidential candidate Juan Hernandez said on Tuesday he hoped to strike a financing deal with the IMF within six months if he were to win this month’s election and would also seek to refinance the country…
U.N. Security Council to vote this week on delay of Kenya trials: Rwanda
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – As Africa urges the U.N. Security Council to take it more seriously, Rwanda plans to put to a vote this week a draft resolution to defer International Criminal Court trials of Kenya’s leaders for one year, despite lacking suf…
Raytheon, Lockheed consider fresh bid for Turkey missile defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. arms makers Raytheon Co and Lockheed Martin Corp are considering ways to sweeten their offer to build a Patriot missile defense system for Turkey after Ankara said it could still back away from a provisional $3.4 billion dea…
U.S. to name Nigeria’s Boko Haram as terrorist group: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department will formally designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram as a “foreign terrorist organization” on Wednesday, congressional sources and others briefed on the matter said.
Mexico nears electoral reform, opening door to energy bill
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Accused a generation ago of engineering the “perfect dictatorship,” Mexico’s ruling party is now close to agreeing on a plan that could weaken the presidency and strengthen Congress in order to win votes for a major energy refor…
Netanyahu halts plans to build 24,000 more settler homes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered on Tuesday a reassessment of plans to build nearly 24,000 settler homes, saying he feared an international outcry that would divert attention from Israel’s lobbying against a nuclear deal …
U.S. to name Nigeria’s Boko Haram as terrorist group: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department will formally designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram as a “foreign terrorist organization” on Wednesday, congressional sources and others briefed on the matter said.
China, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia elected to U.N. Human Rights Council
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday won three-year seats on the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, the United Nations’ top rights body, despite concerns about abuses and restrictions on freedoms in all four nation…
Boosted by foreign Shi’ite militia, Assad’s forces advance on Aleppo
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian government forces backed by foreign Shi’ite Muslim militia advanced on rebels in the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, bent on recapturing districts from opposition brigades weakened by infighting, activists said.
