Romania’s opposition wins spy agency vote as Ponta government limps on
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s opposition secured its first parliamentary victory on Tuesday after the UNPR junior coalition party temporarily switched sides, raising the chances that any new no-confidence motion might topple the leftist government.
Tunisia hotel attack gunman trained in Libya: official
TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian gunman who carried out the hotel attack last Friday that killed 38 people, mostly British tourists, trained in a jihadist camp in Libya at the end of last year, Tunisian prime minister’s spokesman Dafer Neji said on Tuesd…
Rights group says Arab bombings killed dozens of Yemeni civilians
DUBAI (Reuters) – Air strikes by a Saudi-led Arab coalition on the northern Yemeni city of Saada, a Houthi rebel stronghold, have killed dozens of civilians and wrecked homes and markets, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
Bullet holes and empty beaches: the bleak outlook for Tunisia’s tourism
SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian shopkeeper Aghmi Bubaker doesn’t need to be told that he is experiencing the worst threat yet to his forty-year career in tourism – the bullet hole in his battered green Mercedes Benz is a daily reminder.
Israeli dies from wounds in West Bank shooting
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – One of four Israelis shot in the occupied West Bank on Monday by a suspected Palestinian gunman has died of his wounds in hospital, officials said on Tuesday.
Three killed in car bomb in suburb west of Cairo: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least three people were killed on Tuesday when a car bomb exploded near a police station in Cairo’s western suburb of 6th of October City, security sources said, a day after an attack killed Egypt’s top public prosecutor.
Erdogan and Turkey move toward once-unthinkable grand coalition
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has built a career on attacking the elite, secularist tradition reviled by many of his pious supporters. In the heat of political battle, he has even accused secular opponents of allying with terroris…
UK charities face pressure over fundraising after pensioner suicide
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British charities faced pressure from the government on Tuesday to voluntarily change the way they raise funds following a barrage of complaints about the public being bombarded with appeals for money.
Amid protests Nepal presents ‘illegal’ new constitution after quakes
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal presented a preliminary draft of its first republican constitution on Tuesday, but the country’s top court has questioned the legality of the document that was rushed through after devastating earthquakes spurred politicians…
Italy recovers first bodies from deadliest migrant shipwreck
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s navy said on Tuesday it had retrieved the first bodies from the wreck of a boat that sank in the Mediterranean three months ago, killing up to 800 migrants attempting to cross from Libya to Europe.
