From beyond the grave, ‘Iron Lady’ Thatcher haunts Britain’s EU debate
LONDON (Reuters) – A quarter of a century since Margaret Thatcher was deposed by her own party, Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ has stirred a row: Would the hero of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party have voted to leave the European Union?
Suicide bombers in Afghanistan kill nine, wound 23
GARDEZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers targeting Afghan government and military employees killed at least nine people on Monday and wounded 23, officials said.
Australian woman freed by al Qaeda says her husband is still alive
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – An Australian woman who was freed by al Qaeda after three weeks in captivity said on Monday her husband who was seized with her in Burkina Faso was still alive and she hoped he too would be released soon.
Outraged Italy demands justice for student slain in Egypt
ROME (Reuters) – An outraged Italy demanded on Monday that Egypt catch and punish those responsible for the death of student Giulio Regeni, whose tortured, half-naked corpse was found in a roadside ditch in Cairo last week.
Russia says arrests seven Islamic State militants over attack plot
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Monday it had arrested seven Islamic State militants in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg who it said had been planning bomb attacks in Moscow, St Petersburg and the Sverdlovsk region.
Haiti’s mood grim as president leaves with no replacement, Carnival delayed
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Michel Martelly stepped down as Haitian president on Sunday, leaving a deeply divided country in the hands of a disputed interim government, while the first day of Carnival celebrations was canceled as violent protests erupte…
Some Australian asylum seekers to be deported have cancer, terminal illnesses
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Some of the 267 asylum seekers Australia wants to deport to an offshore immigration center following a court ruling are suffering from cancer and other terminal illnesses, a senior government official said on Monday.
Myanmar presidential vote to start on March 17 as transition talks drag on
NAYPYITAW/YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s parliament will begin its election of the new president on March 17, cutting very close to an April 1 deadline, suggesting talks between Aung San Suu Kyi’s victorious party and the military are likely to take long…
In southern Africa, an illusion built on aid heralds hope and hunger
LILONGWE (Reuters) – As she walks along a dirt road in central Malawi, Louise Abale carries her precious maize wrapped in a brightly coloured cloth and balanced on her head.
North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbors, U.S.
SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea launched a long-range rocket carrying what it called a satellite, drawing renewed international condemnation just weeks after it carried out a nuclear bomb test.
