Slovakia’s Fico set for election win, reinforcing central Europe’s EU dissenters
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is on course to win another term in parliamentary elections on Saturday, maintaining an anti-immigration alliance with his European Union neighbors, Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Poland’s Jaroslaw K…
Executed Pakistani hailed as hero of Islam for supporting blasphemy law
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of supporters on Tuesday cheered and threw flowers at the casket of a bodyguard executed for killing the governor of Pakistan’s most populous province over his call to reform a strict blasphemy law.
Some EU migrants can be told where to live, top court rules
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Some migrants can be told where they must live in the European Union as long as the reason is to help them integrate into society, the EU’s top court ruled on Tuesday.
More than $1 billion was transferred into Malaysia PM’s accounts: WSJ
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Deposits into Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bank accounts ran to hundreds of millions of dollars more than previously identified by probes into state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the Wall Street Journal reported …
Russia calls for pact against chemical warfare by Islamic State
GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday there was a growing threat from Islamic State militants waging chemical warfare in the Middle East and called for global negotiations on a new pact to combat what he called “a grave reality of our time”.
U.N. chief, Lavrov uphold Syria agreement, call for talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Tuesday on the need to urgently implement the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria and for the warring parties to return to the table for …
Spain’s Socialist leader gears up for unlikely leadership bid
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez sought last-minute backing from other parties on Tuesday as he geared up for a parliamentary vote on his bid to form a coalition government, which looks almost certain to fail.
Mali rebel destroyed ancient Timbuktu shrines, ICC told
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – An Islamist fighter caused irreparable damage to Africa’s cultural heritage by destroying religious sites in the ancient city of Timbuktu during the 2012 conflict in Mali, international prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Indian forces kill eight Maoist rebels in gunbattle
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Security forces killed eight suspected Maoist militants, including five women, in a raid on a rebel training camp in central India on Tuesday, police said, breaking a six-month-long lull in violence linked to an insurgency that ha…
Central African constitutional court confirms Touadera elected president
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s constitutional court confirmed former mathematics professor Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been elected president, national radio reported on Tuesday, setting the stage for Touadera to be sworn in later thi…
