BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate voted early today to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and put her on trial in an impeachment process that has stalled Brazilian politics since January.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday presented a timeline for a potential recall vote against President Nicolas Maduro that appeared to make a vote unlikely this year, a move slammed by the opposition as an effort to favour the ruling Socialist Party.
WILMINGTON, N.C., (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested yesterday that gun rights activists could act to stop Democratic rival Hillary Clinton from nominating liberal U.S.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Parliament approved India’s biggest overhaul of indirect taxes on Monday after the lower house ratified a constitutional amendment Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a major step to make doing business easier.
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc said it was cancelling nearly 250 flights today as it looks to restore operations after a power outage hit its computer systems yesterday, causing the cancellation of about 1,000 flights.
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 100 yesterday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta, and Islamic State claimed responsibility.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fifty prominent Republican national security officials, including a former CIA director, yesterday called party nominee Donald Trump unqualified to lead the country and said he would be “the most reckless president in American history.”
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council must not allow civilians on both sides of the Syrian city of Aleppo to be cut off from humanitarian aid, the United States said yesterday as Russia accused Washington of politicizing a humanitarian issue.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Emperor Akihito, 82, in a rare video address to the public yesterday, said he worried that age may make it difficult for him to fully carry out his duties, remarks widely seen as suggesting he wants to abdicate.
QUETTA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 63 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, according to officials in the violence-plagued southwestern province of Baluchistan.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japanese Emperor Akihito, 82, in a rare video address to the public on Monday, said he worried that age may make it difficult for him to fully carry out his duties, remarks widely seen as suggesting he wants to abdicate.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will propose allowing parents to deduct spending on childcare from their income taxes in a speech today meant to challenge the economic policies of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, a campaign aide said.
(Reuters) – Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott yesterday accused the federal government of lagging in providing assistance to combat the spread of the Zika virus in a Miami-area neighbourhood, the site of the first U.S.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mudslides triggered by intense rainfall in eastern Mexico killed 38 people during the weekend as saturated hillsides collapsed onto modest homes in the wake of now-dissipated Tropical Storm Earl.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia said on Friday it was suspending funding for relief group World Vision’s operations in the Palestinian Territories after allegations its Gaza representative funnelled millions of dollars to the Islamist militant group Hamas.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Another day of Olympic sports played out before empty seats led to an admission from organisers that only Friday’s Opening Ceremony has so far sold out.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The African National Congress lost its grip on local government in Tshwane, home of the South African capital Pretoria, as results yesterday gave the opposition Democratic Alliance a second big win in the ANC’s worst election since the end of apartheid.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels broke through to besieged opposition-held areas in eastern Aleppo yesterday in an assault on a major government military complex meant to end a month-long siege, insurgents and a monitoring group said.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s air force sent bombers and fighter jets on “combat patrols” near contested islands in the South China Sea, in a move a senior colonel said was part of an effort to normalise such drills and respond to security threats.
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump took steps to steer his White House campaign back into favour with his party establishment yesterday by endorsing U.S.
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