JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed yesterday for a “clear mandate” from voters in the early election he called, with opinion polls showing the right-wing leader on track for a fourth term.
STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Sweden called its first snap election for more than half a century in March after a far-right party helped defeat the centre-left minority government’s first budget in parliament yesterday.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – The Colombian government and leftist rebels will renew peace talks this month, reviving efforts to end five decades of war, officials said yesterday.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Three women yesterday came together to speak publicly about their allegations that comedian Bill Cosby sexually abused and groped them decades ago, a day after Cosby was sued by a woman who said he molested her when she was a teenager in 1974.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has indicted hardline opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on charges that she took part in an alleged plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, the state prosecutor’s office said yesterday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under growing pressure to sack a minister over a tirade she made against religious minorities, as his outraged opponents disrupted parliament for a second day yesterday.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby was sued in Los Angeles yesterday by a woman alleging the entertainer sexually abused her in 1974 at the Playboy Mansion when she was aged 15.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Somali al Shabaab Islamist militants killed 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya yesterday, prompting the president to sweep out his top security officials in order to tackle a relentless wave of violence.
STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Sweden’s minority, centre-left government teetered on the brink of collapse yesterday after just two months in office when a far-right party announced it would vote against the 2015 budget, effectively dooming it to defeat.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis and Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist and Christian leaders pledged yesterday to use their religions to help stamp out modern slavery and human trafficking by 2020.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Rapid evolution of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, is slowing its ability to cause AIDS, according to a study of more than 2,000 women in Africa.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said yesterday, in a move seen as likely to put pressure on the Islamist chief.
KOROME, Kenya, (Reuters) – Somali al Shabaab militants killed at least 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya today, beheading at least two of them in the same area that they hijacked a bus and killed 28 passengers just over a week ago.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made a forceful pledge yesterday to use his last two years in office to address the “simmering distrust” between police and minority communities as he requested $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval triggered in Ferguson, Missouri.
LIMA (Reuters) – Falling oil prices show the “high risk” of fossil fuel investments compared with renewable energies, the UN’s climate chief said yesterday at the start of 190-nation talks on a deal to slow global warming.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The Colombian general whose brief capture by Marxist FARC rebels prompted President Juan Manuel Santos to suspend peace talks resigned his from post yesterday, saying he should have taken more security precautions.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists forced the temporary closure of government headquarters yesterday after clashing with police, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of sustained protests in the Chinese-controlled city.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused NATO yesterday of destabilizing northern Europe and the Baltics by carrying out drills there and announced new military exercises of its own, increasing tension over the Ukraine crisis.