Top French court rules wiretaps on Sarkozy admissible
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s top appeals court ruled on Tuesday that wiretaps on former President Nicolas Sarkozy were legal and admissible as evidence, opening the way for him to stand trial for alleged corruption in a blow to his hopes of a presidentia…
Ukraine to call up 10,000 soldiers in new mobilization drive
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military will call up some 10,000 men and seek volunteers to replace some of the 45,000 soldiers who are due to return home after more than a year on the front lines in the separatist east, President Petro Poroshenko said on …
Malaysia to inspect debris in South Africa for possible MH370 link
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Tuesday it will send a team to retrieve a piece of debris found along the southern coast of South Africa to check whether it could belong to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Violence erupts as Jakarta cabbies protest ride-hailing apps
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian cabbies clashed with motorbike drivers working for online apps on Tuesday, pulling them off their bikes and assaulting them as thousands of drivers took to the streets of Jakarta calling for a ban on ride-hailing apps lik…
Exclusive: U.N. lifts North Korea sanctions on four ships at China’s request
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council agreed on Monday to a Chinese request to remove sanctions on four ships the United Nations had blacklisted for ties to Pyongyang’s arms trade. The agreement came after China secured assurances …
Revolutionary Guards look to play bigger role in Iran’s economy
DUBAI (Reuters) – A senior member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards urged the government on Tuesday to follow its supreme leader’s vision for a self-reliant economy and said the Guards wanted to play a bigger role to make that happen.
From traffic light to judge’s bench: an African migrant’s Spanish dream
SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) – Howard Jackson, a man of around 40 from the West African state of Liberia, is a well-known and colorful figure at a busy intersection entering the southern Spanish city of Seville.
Obama intervened over crumbling Iraqi dam as U.S. concern grew
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On Jan. 21, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iraq’s prime minister in Davos, Switzerland, and handed him a personal note from President Barack Obama pleading for urgent action.
Iraq seeks financial agreement with Kurds before pumping crude to Turkey
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq will not resume pumping crude through a Kurdish pipeline to Turkey unless it reaches a financial agreement with the Kurdish regional government, the Iraqi oil minister said on Tuesday.
Christian convert stabbed to death in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants stabbed a Christian convert to death in northern Bangladesh on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks on minorities in the Muslim-majority nation.
