Brazil’s electoral court to decide whether Lula can run
Brazil’s top electoral court will open debate on Friday afternoon whether jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be barred from running in this year’s presidential election due to a corruption conviction.
Trump administration to drop funding next week for U.N. body helping Palestinians
The Trump administration will announce a decision within days to cancel funding for a U.N. agency that supports Palestinian refugees, several people familiar with the decision said on Friday.
Cafe blast kills pro-Moscow rebel leader in east Ukraine
The leader of Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine was killed in an explosion at a cafe on Friday, prompting Russia to accuse Ukraine of assassinating him while Kiev blamed separatist infighting.
Associate of indicted Russian admits to Trump inaugural ticket scheme
A business associate of Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian consultant indicted by the United States, solicited a U.S. citizen to act as straw purchaser to buy Trump inauguration tickets for a Ukrainian oligarch, court documents showed on Friday.
EU states must yield some sovereignty to consolidate arms industry: trade groups
German trade groups said European Union states will have to relinquish some sovereignty to implement German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz’s call for mergers in the European defense industry.
Russia to treat killing of east Ukraine rebel leader as ‘international terrorism’
Russia’s state investigative committee said on Friday it was treating the killing of Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, as an act of international terrorism.
Russia’s Putin says killing of Ukraine rebel leader a ‘dastardly’ crime
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the killing of east Ukraine separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko on Friday a “dastardly” act that aimed to destabilize the fragile peace in the region.
Dozens of Palestinians hurt in anti-Israel protests in Gaza, West Bank
Israeli security forces wounded dozens of Palestinians taking part in protests in the occupied West Bank and along the Gaza Strip border on Friday, witnesses and medical officials said.
Ukraine blames death of separatist leader on conflict between rebels and Russia
Ukraine’s security service said on Friday it believed Russia-backed separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko had been killed in east Ukraine as a result of a conflict between the rebels and their Russian sponsors.
Exclusive: Brazilian leftist meets investors to tame fears of PT return to power
Fernando Haddad, the Workers Party vice-presidential candidate who could be catapulted to Brazil’s presidency if Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is barred from running, has quietly met with major investors to tame fears of a leftist return to power.
