South African finance minister to miss police deadline in spy unit case
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s finance minister will miss a Wednesday deadline set by police to answer questions on his role in the setting up of a spy unit at the revenue service because he was busy preparing the country’s budget, his lawyers…
Business ponders ‘horrific’ cost of end to borderless Europe
BERLIN/GENEVA (Reuters) – European business is increasingly concerned about the potential collapse of the region’s 26-nation border-free zone under the pressure of a huge influx of migrants, with companies from automakers to logistics firms warning of …
Public support for Hungarian PM’s party drops in February: poll
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Public support for Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party dipped in February, a poll by the Median institute said, after months of growing or stable backing boosted by the hardline handling of the migrant crisis.
Turkish journalist calls his release from jail a ‘defeat’ for Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The release of two prominent Turkish journalists following a ruling by Turkey’s top court that their rights had been violated is a “clear defeat” for President Tayyip Erdogan, one of them said on Wednesday.
Gloom deepens over Ukraine peace deal before Paris meeting
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) – For months, as progress in implementing the Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine stalled, its architects, Germany and France, held out hope that with time and carefully calibrated pressure on Kiev and Moscow, the agreement coul…
British military rapped over deaths of three soldiers on exercise
LONDON (Reuters) – British health and safety officials said on Wednesday they would give the Ministry of Defence (MoD) a “Crown Censure” over the deaths of three soldiers during a grueling cross-country selection test for the elite Special Air Service …
Norway denies inhuman treatment of mass killer Breivik
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway said on Wednesday it was not violating mass killer Anders Behring Breivik’s human rights by keeping him in isolation, ahead of a lawsuit he is bringing to change the conditions of his detention.
South Korea demands more sanctions on ‘serial offender’ North
GENEVA (Reuters) – South Korea’s foreign minister called on the U.N. Security Council to expand sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday to punish what he called an escalating and increasingly threatening nuclear program.
Italy may recall student murder probe team from Egypt over lack of cooperation: judicial source
ROME (Reuters) – Italy is considering recalling a legal team sent last month to Cairo to investigate the murder of an Italian graduate student because Egyptian authorities are not cooperating, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
U.S. plans naval exercises with India and Japan in Philippine Sea
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India, the United States and Japan will hold naval exercises in waters off the northern Philippines near the South China Sea this year, the U.S. military said on Wednesday, a move likely to further raise tensions with China.
