Britain faces ‘golden opportunity’ outside EU, says London mayor
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s influential mayor on Sunday denied personal ambition was behind his decision to campaign for Britain to leave the European Union and said it was a “golden opportunity” for the country to forge its own trade deals with the wo…
U.N. chief says envoy to restart diplomacy for Western Sahara talks
ALGIERS (Reuters) – United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday he had asked his envoy for the disputed Western Sahara territory to meet the Polisario independence movement and Morocco to bring the two sides back to negotiations to end their confli…
Indonesia to strip license from Bali ferry company after five drown
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s transportation ministry will revoke the operating license of a ferry company whose vessel sunk in the Bali Strait on Friday, killing five of the 81 people on board including a mother and her infant child.
Slovak PM Fico wins election but faces tough task to form majority
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico won Saturday’s parliamentary election, nearly complete results showed, but gains by opposition parties including the far right will make it very hard if not impossible to form a new government.
Russian embassy in Kiev protests over damage to its cars: RIA
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia’s embassy in Kiev sent a note of protest to Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Sunday about attacks on the embassy’s cars, the RIA news agency quoted embassy spokesman Oleg Grishin as saying.
Armed men kill 12 in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Armed men killed 12 people in villages in Central African Republic, local officials said on Sunday, in the first violence since Faustin-Archange Touadera was confirmed as president last Tuesday after an election many hoped would help…
Indian priest kidnapped in deadly Yemen attack; Pope condemns world apathy
ADEN/VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Gunmen who killed at least 15 people in an old people’s home in Yemen last week also kidnapped an Indian priest, officials said on Sunday, as Pope Francis condemned the attack and the “indifference” of the world’s reaction…
Swiss foreign minister sees EU immigration deal near: paper
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland and the European Union could strike a deal on curbing immigration to the neutral Alpine country soon after Britons decide in June whether to quit the bloc, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said.
Austrian leader wants Germany to cap refugees: paper
ZURICH (Reuters) – Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann has urged Germany to set a clear limit on the number of asylum seekers it will accept to help stem a mass influx of refugees that is severely testing European cohesion.
Court sentences billionaire to death in graft case: Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – A court in Iran sentenced to death Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani and two accomplices for embezzlement, the judiciary said on Sunday, in a case widely watched due to Zanjani’s prominent role in helping the government evade oil sanc…
