Military helicopter carrying nine crashes in Nicaragua lake
MANAGUA (Reuters) – A Nicaraguan military helicopter with nine soldiers aboard crashed into a lake northwest of the capital Managua on Thursday, the Army said, adding it had recovered one body.
Displaced Darfuris live in ‘terrible’ conditions: U.N. expert
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese people who have fled a recent surge in fighting in the western Darfur region live in terrible conditions and face a “humanitarian disaster,” a U.N. human rights expert said after visiting the strife-torn region.
Brazil hit by largest protests yet as hundreds of thousands march
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s biggest protests in two decades intensified on Thursday despite government concessions meant to quell the demonstrations, as 300,000 people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and hundreds of thousands more flooded…
Greek coalition in disarray, small party considers quitting
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s small Democratic Left party could pull out of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s ruling coalition after talks to resume state television broadcasts collapsed, party officials said on Thursday, plunging the nation into fresh tu…
South Sudan’s vice president to visit Khartoum
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – South Sudan’s vice president will visit Khartoum next week, Sudanese state media said on Thursday, marking the highest-level talks since Sudan threatened to cut off cross-border oil flows almost two weeks ago.
Greece to avoid funding problems if it delivers on bailout program: IMF
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday urged Greece to speedily deliver on its bailout program, adding that doing so would ensure the country encounters “no financing problems.”
Afghan peace bid on hold over Kabul-Taliban protocol row
DOHA (Reuters) – A fresh effort to end Afghanistan’s 12-year-old war was in limbo on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban’s new Qatar office delayed preliminary discussions between the United States and the Islamist insurgents.
Barry weakens to depression, moving inland into Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican state of Veracruz was hit by heavy rains on Thursday after Tropical Storm Barry moved away from Mexico’s major oil installations and weakened to a Tropical Depression.
Britain rejects involvement of pope in Falklands dispute
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Britain and a representative of the Falkland Islands on Thursday rejected the idea of Pope Francis intervening in the long-running dispute with Argentina over the islands, which Buenos Aires claims are Argentine territory.
Venezuelan anti-corruption drive snares senior tax official
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro announced the arrest of a senior tax official on Thursday in the latest move in what he says is a concerted effort to stamp out corruption in the South American OPEC nation.
