Irish PM’s party will only lead minority government if stability assured
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael party will only seek to form a minority government if it can strike a deal that ensures smaller parties or its arch rival will not bring it down within months, a senior minister said on Fri…
France, Britain, Germany urge Syrian opposition to attend peace talks
PARIS (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of France, Britain and Germany called on the main Syrian opposition to attend inter Syrian peace talks due to begin next week, but warned that the negotiations would only succeed if humanitarian access was grante…
Serbia’s president calls parliamentary vote for April 24
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s President Tomislav Nikolic called an early parliamentary election for April 24 after the government said it needed a stronger mandate to push through economic reforms and complete EU accession talks.
Egypt’s poorest struggle to find rice amid hoarding
ABU DHABI/CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has more rice than it needs but little available for those who need it most.
UNHCR issues six-point plan to resolve Europe refugee crisis
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency proposed a six-point plan to European Union heads of state on Friday to resolve the migrant crisis, warning that the situation was quickly deteriorating in Greece where some 30,000 refugees are stuck…
Pakistan police rescue nine-year-old girl from wedding
LAHORE (Reuters) – Pakistani police rescued a nine-year-old girl from being married off to a 14-year-old boy to settle a family dispute on Friday and arrested four village elders who had ordered the “compensation wedding”.
Northern Ireland police say more attacks likely after Belfast car bomb
BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland is likely to suffer more attacks by dissident groups ahead of the anniversary of the anti-British 1916 Easter Rising, the most dramatic chapter of Ireland’s independence struggle, police said on Friday following a c…
Merkel says Putin confirmed commitment to Syria ceasefire
PARIS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that President Vladimir Putin confirmed Russia’s commitment to a ceasefire that took hold in Syria last weekend during a phone conversation with four EU leaders.
Gunmen kill at least 15 in old people’s home in Yemen, including four nuns
ADEN (Reuters) – Four gunmen attacked an old people’s home in the Yemeni port of Aden on Friday, killing at least 15 people, including four Christian nuns from India, local officials and medical sources said.
Missing bookseller detained in China returns to Hong Kong, police say
HONG KONG (Reuters) – One of five missing Hong Kong booksellers specializing in gossipy publications about Chinese leaders and detained in China returned home on Friday, Hong Kong police said.
