Brazil's Rousseff calls for early elections to pacify country

Seven civilians killed in southern Saudi Arabia: Saudi state TV


RIYADH Seven civilians were killed by projectiles fired by Yemen's Houthi group on the southern Saudi city of Najaran on Tuesday, Saudi state television reported, in one of the deadliest cross-border attacks on the kingdom.




Kiev struggles in broadcast war against separatists as tensions rise


AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine/KIEV For Ukrainian pensioner Olga Shazhkova, channel-surfing in the front line town of Avdiyivka is a monotonous business.




Turkey faces 'difficult path' to EU visa-free travel: German minister


BERLIN Turkey faces a long and arduous path to obtaining visa-free travel within the European Union, and immediate prospects are not bright, Germany's European affairs minister said on Tuesday.