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Corruption charges hit Brazil opposition
Brazil's attorney general files a lawsuit against two prominent politicians over corruption charges.

Brazil's attorney general files a lawsuit against two prominent politicians over corruption charges.

Russia is a "very, very significant threat" to the national security of the United States, says Pentagon chief Ashton Carter.

The death of a German man due to eating poisoned zucchini sparks health warnings in the country.

At least 54 civilians, mostly women and children, are killed after Saudi jets strike Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta'izz.

Seven PKK militants are killed as Turkish forces carry out two separate operations in the country’s Hakkari and Adiyaman provinces.

Iran's atomic energy agency rejects as speculation an AP report that Iranian experts, instead of the IAEA staff, will inspect the country’s nuclear sites.

St. Louis police chief has unapologetically defended the fatal shooting of an African American man on Wednesday.

France’s far-right party, National Front, expels Jean-Marie Le Pen, its founder and honorary president.

Iraq’s top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, urges real reform to avoid dire consequences in the country, including possible partition.

Slovakia says it will only accept 200 migrant Christians from Syria into the country.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says Turkey should "do more" in fight against Daesh militants.

At least 53 militants are killed in clashes with the Pakistani army in the country’s northwestern tribal region.

The US has “a schizophrenic foreign policy” which only benefits the government and military industrial complex, says an analyst.

TVEL, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-run nuclear energy company Rosatom, says it will deliver fresh nuclear fuel to Iran’s Bushehr power plant by the end of this month.

Somali MPs say they plan to stage a no-confidence vote to unseat the president.

Washington’s rhetoric toward Russia and China could trigger a major conflict, says an analyst.

Israeli regime forces raid West Bank homes, abducting 18 Palestinians.

Israeli media say the regime's warplanes have bombarded Syria's southwestern province of Quneitra.