Greek ex-finance minister Varoufakis launches democracy movement
BERLIN (Reuters) – Yanis Varoufakis, who as Greece’s finance minister last year tried to defy German-backed austerity policies, launched a pan-European movement in Berlin on Tuesday that he said aimed to “democratize” the continent.
EU eyes shifting some development funds toward tackling migration crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Talks to shift some funds away from fostering development in the European Union’s poorer eastern regions toward handling a large migrant influx mainly into its west may cause fireworks at a meeting of EU finance ministers on Friday…
Suicide bombing at Damascus police club kills several people: interior ministry
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber blew himself up at a police officers’ club in a residential district of Damascus on Tuesday, killing several people, Syria’s interior ministry said, and Islamic State militants claimed responsibility.
South African opposition asks court to rule on Zuma’s home upgrade
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African opposition parties on Tuesday asked the country’s top court to rule on whether President Jacob Zuma broke the law by spending 250 million rand (then $23 million) on a state-funded security upgrade to his home.
Wave of Aden killings tests Gulf role in Yemen
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) – The recapture of Aden by Gulf Arab coalition troops last summer has failed to provide any respite from Yemen’s civil war, with residents facing a wave of bomb and gun attacks that is crippling efforts to stabilize the city.
North Korea turns to ‘old workhorse’ rocket to repeat past success
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea’s weekend rocket launch repeated earlier success rather than breaking new ground, using a nearly identical design from a 2012 launch, experts said, adding the reclusive country probably remained years from build…
Man sets himself on fire outside London palace of Prince William
LONDON (Reuters) – A man died on Tuesday after setting himself on fire outside Kensington Palace, the London home of Prince William and his wife Kate, police said.
Protests intensify in Iraqi Kurdistan amid economic crisis
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Protests intensified in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Tuesday after the government unveiled new austerity measures to avert an economic collapse that officials warn could undermine the war effort against Islamic State.
Bosnian Serb general who helped lead Srebrenica massacre dies
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb General Zdravko Tolimir, serving a life sentence for genocide including the massacre at Srebrenica during the early 1990s war in Bosnia, died in The Hague on Monday evening, a court spokesman said.
Swedish prosecutors press for Assange interview despite U.N. ruling
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish prosecutors said on Thursday they would renew an application to interview Julian Assange over a rape allegation, adding that their case was not affected by a U.N ruling that he was being arbitrarily detained.
