Ukrainian lawmakers approve first reading of army service for convicts
(Reuters) - Allowing Ukrainian convicts to serve in the military came a step closer on Wednesday as lawmakers approved a…
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Spain’s parliament to draft amnesty bill for undocumented migrants
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to start working on a bill that would legalise…
Few hopes of finding survivors at Italy hydro plant as search continues
LAKE SUVIANA, Italy (Reuters) - Hopes of finding survivors of an accident at a power plant in northern Italy are…
Former Venezuelan oil, finance ministers arrested in PDVSA corruption case
CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuelan former oil minister Tareck El Aissami, once one of the most influential officials in President Nicolas Maduro's…
EU parliament approves migration system revamp ahead of bloc’s election
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European lawmakers on Wednesday approved a revamped migration system that the pro-EU political centre promises would reduce irregular…
Ecuador’s ex-vice president, Glas, to be discharged from hospital, says prisons agency
QUITO (Reuters) -Former Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas will be discharged from hospital and returned to prison on Tuesday, the…
Elephant deaths trigger Kenyan call for Tanzania to curb hunts
AMBOSELI, Kenya (Reuters) - In the rolling grasslands of the Amboseli wildlife park, conservationists fret about an emerging threat to…
Colombia attorney general’s office confirms ex-President Uribe will face trial
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian prosecutors will take ex-President Alvaro Uribe to trial in a witness tampering and fraud case, the…
The losing battle against Greece’s tumbling birthrate
ORMENIO, Greece (Reuters) - Army sergeant Christos Giannakidis was planning to have a second child when Greece's debt crisis exploded…