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Brazil president pledges to complete term in office

Wednesday, 11 May 2016 1:09 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 11 May 2016 1:09 PM ]

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (AFP photo)

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

More than 60 people have been killed and many others wounded in a car bomb attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Local officials say the bomb went off at a market in Baghdad’s Shia-populated Sadr City. The death toll is expected to rise.
The Turkish military claims to have killed 18 militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in fresh airstrikes in the southeastern province of Hakkari and in northern Iraq. The military has been pounding PKK positions since a ceasefire between Ankara and the group collapsed last July.
The Syrian government has signed another reconciliation agreement with militants in the Hama province. Under the Russia-mediated deal in the village of Samra, the militants handed over their weapons to representatives of the Syrian government. Last week, a similar agreement was inked in a village of Hama.
Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinians in a town north of Jerusalem al-Quds, injuring two teenagers, one critically. Israeli troops attacked civilians with live ammunition as well as rubber bullets and tear gas. The Palestinians were protesting the Israeli army’s storming of the town of Kafr.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has sparked controversy after being caught on camera saying Chinese officials were very rude during last year’s state visit of President Xi Jinping. The monarch was filmed as she was discussing the treatment of the British ambassador to China with a senior police officer at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
China has denounced US navy patrols in the South China Sea as provocative actions that uncover Washington’s designs to create chaos in the region. The Chinese Defense Ministry says it will boost defense capabilities of the islands it controls in the face of US navy patrols.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says she'll stay in office until her term formally expires in 2018. Rousseff has promised to fight an impeachment process against her both through legal means and a struggle in the streets. The Senate is set to vote on whether to suspend her from office.
A report by the Norwegian Refugee Council says the number of internally displaced people by wars and violence topped 40 million in 2015. According to the report, there were more than 8 million fresh cases of people fleeing within their war-hit countries worldwide.