Ghana opposition demands new electoral register before 2016 poll
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s main opposition party asked the electoral commission on Tuesday to create a new voters’ register before next year’s election, after allegations of fraudulent registration overshadowed the West African nation’s last vote.
Guinea opposition strikes deal with president ahead of polls
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s political opposition said on Tuesday it had reached a compromise with President Alpha Conde to name new mayors and redistribute local government posts as part of talks to pave the way for peaceful elections in October.
Zimbabwe court charges game park owner over illegal hunt of Cecil the lion
HARARE (Reuters) – The game park owner accused of letting an American tourist illegally hunt and kill a lion on his property in Zimbabwe has been charged in connection with the killing and released on bail in Hwange, his lawyer said.
Tsipras dominates Greek politics despite crises and U-turn
ATHENS (Reuters) – Alexis Tsipras has presided over a near-death experience for the Greek financial system and performed a U-turn on resisting austerity. And yet the prime minister bestrides his nation’s politics, with no serious challenger in sight.
ICC to rule on Kenya’s alleged failure to cooperate
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court are set to decide on Wednesday whether Kenya cooperated in the court’s collapsed case against President Uhuru Kenyatta, or failed to provide key evidence to prosecutors.
Bangladesh arrests three Islamists over killings of secular bloggers
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s elite forces said on Tuesday they had arrested three suspected Islamist militants, including a British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, for masterminding the killings of two secular bloggers in the Muslim-majority nation.
Afghan forces retreat from strategic district in Helmand province
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan security forces have “tactically retreated” from a key district in the southern province of Helmand that foreign troops battled for years to secure, as the Taliban make a late summer push to expand areas they…
China investigates top work safety regulator after Tianjin blasts
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday it is investigating the head of its work safety regulator who for years allowed companies to operate without a license for dangerous chemicals, days after blasts in a port warehouse storing such material…
Russia’s Putin blames Kiev for increased violence in east Ukraine
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blamed the Ukrainian government for the latest upsurge in fighting between Kiev forces and Russia-backed rebels in east Ukraine.
Syrian government launches counter attack on strategic plain: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces recaptured four northwestern villages on Tuesday as they pounded the area with air strikes in a counter-attack on insurgents threatening strongholds of President Bashar al-Assad, a monitor said.
