Cameron says would join EU if Britain was not a member, but not euro
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday he would take Britain into the European Union under the “special status” it now enjoys if it was not already a member, pressing his campaign to remain in the bloc in a live television per…
Burundi’s Nkurunziza asks criminal gangs to surrender in next 15 days
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – President Pierre Nkurunziza has given armed gangs in Burundi 15 days to surrender to authorities and hand in their weapons or face unspecified action.
Brazil Congress signals approval of spending ceiling: Meirelles
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said on Thursday that Congress has signaled it is willing to approve tough measures to control spending, as Brazil fights to emerge from its worst recession since the 1930s.
U.S. imposes sanctions on three Burundian nationals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States Treasury said on Thursday it had imposed sanctions on two pro-government Burundian officials and a member of an armed opposition group for “engaging in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or s…
Tunisia’s president urges new unity government to tackle tensions
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Thursday called for negotiations among political parties, unions and independents to form a new unity government to help advance economic reforms in an attempt to calm social tensions.
Egypt’s former top auditor to face trial after alleging mass corruption
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s former top auditor Hisham Geneina was referred for criminal prosecution on Thursday on a charge of spreading false news about the cost of the country’s corruption, judicial sources said.
Dangerous migrant smuggling routes flourish in lawless Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – After a flurry of boat departures that sent hundreds of migrants to their deaths in the Mediterranean, survivors told police they had been kept for weeks on one meal a day in holding houses near the Libyan shore.
Number of migrant bodies recovered on west Libyan coast rises to 85: Red Crescent
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The bodies of at least 85 migrants who drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean have been washed up near the western Libyan city of Zuwara, a Red Crescent official said on Thursday.
Germany triggers Turkish outcry with Armenian genocide vote
BERLIN/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey recalled its ambassador to Germany on Thursday in protest against a parliament resolution declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide at a time when Europe is looking for Ankara’s help in the …
Chilean ex-soldier faces U.S. trial in death of singer Victor Jara
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – An army lieutenant under late Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet will face a civil trial in Florida this month for his involvement in the 1973 murder of Chilean folk singer Victor Jara, the U.S. human rights group bringing the suit…
