Armed Russian police raid offices of Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Armed Russian police on Tuesday raided the offices of a pro-democracy movement founded by outspoken Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a move they said was part of a criminal investigation into the former tycoon and his associates….
Spain’s Socialists face hard choices in aftermath of inconclusive election
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Socialists face a tough choice of allying with a rival party or triggering a new ballot after an inconclusive election on Sunday plunged the country into political uncertainty.
Putin, Netanyahu agree in call to coordinate efforts to fight terrorism
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed in a phone call on Tuesday to coordinate their two countries’ actions to fight terrorism in the Middle East, the Kremlin said in a statement.
India lowers crime trial age to 16 after Delhi gang rape furor
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India passed legislation lowering the age at which someone can be tried for rape and other crimes to 16, spurred into action by an uproar over the release of a minor convicted in a 2012 fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a …
Iran says Russia to begin building two nuclear plant units next week
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia will begin building two nuclear power plant units in Iran next week, Mehr news agency quoted an Iranian nuclear official as saying, under a deal signed in Moscow last year between subsidiaries of the two countries’ state atomi…
Croatia’s small kingmaker party halts talks on new government with leftist bloc
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia’s small reformist Most party on Tuesday renounced coalition talks with the outgoing Social Democrats (SDP), saying it was trying to poach some of its members, in the second month of squabbling since an inconclusive election.
Brazil’s Rousseff says opponents lack legal basis to impeach her
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday that her opponents’ bid to impeach her has no legal basis since there are no charges against her.
Catalan separatists trigger fresh headache for Spain’s government
MADRID (Reuters) – Pro-independence parties in the Spanish region of Catalonia struck a deal on Tuesday to form a government, reviving a separatist drive just as Spain faces weeks of uncertainty at a national level following an inconclusive general ele…
Iraq denies responsibility for abduction of Qatari hunters
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Iraq’s foreign minister denied on Tuesday that his government had anything to do with the kidnapping of a group of Qatari hunters in the south of the country this month.
Putin says Russia ‘to continue efforts’ to settle trade ties with Ukraine, EU
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will continue making efforts to iron out existing disputes in its trade relations with the European Union and Ukraine, Russian news agencies quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying on Tuesday.
