New Spanish election would not break political deadlock: survey
MADRID (Reuters) – Spaniards would vote the same way as they did in a Dec. 20 election in the event of a new poll, resulting in no clear mandate to govern and continued political deadlock, a survey published in El Pais newspaper showed on Sunday,
Libya’s Presidential Council calls for transfer of power to unity government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s U.N.-backed Presidential Council called on Saturday on the country’s institutions to begin a transfer of authority to a unity government, and appealed to the international community to stop dealing with any rival powers.
Venezuela opposition launches protests, Maduro counters
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition launched a new protest campaign on Saturday to oust President Nicolas Maduro, but support was thin and the ruling Socialists countered it with their own “anti-imperialist” rally.
Border attack feeds Tunisia fears of Libya jihadist spillover
TUNIS/ALGIERS (Reuters) – The signal to attack came from the mosque, sending dozens of Islamist fighters storming through the Tunisian town of Ben Guerdan to hit army and police posts in street battles that lit the dawn sky with tracer bullets.
Al Qaeda in Syria seizes bases, weapons of Western-backed group: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front seized bases and weapons from a Western-backed rebel group in overnight fighting in northwestern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
U.S., South Korea stage assault drill; North threatens to wipe out enemies
POHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – U.S. and South Korean troops staged a big amphibious landing exercise on Saturday, storming simulated North Korean beach defenses amid heightened tension and threats by the North to annihilate its enemies.
North Korea denies cyber attacks on South Korea officials
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Sunday denied that it conducted cyber attacks against officials from rival South Korea, calling the South’s accusation that it did so a “fabrication”.
Amid sea disputes, China to set up maritime ‘judicial center’
BEIJING (Reuters) – China plans to set up an “international maritime judicial center” to help protect the country’s sovereignty and rights at sea, its top judge said on Sunday.
China’s top judge says large jump in terrorism convictions
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese courts convicted more than 1,400 people last year for harming national security, including taking part in terrorism and secessionist activities, China’s top judge said on Sunday, double a broadly equivalent number given for …
Obama to visit London in bid to keep UK in the EU: report
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will come to London in April and urge British voters to back continued membership of the European Union, The Independent on Sunday newspaper reported.
