U.N. chief calls on Security Council to take action on Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the U.N. Security Council to take “urgent action” on Syria amid daily atrocities and rights abuses, warning the war-torn country would otherwise slip deeper into chaos.
Italy’s Renzi hit by new defection as party strife increases
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi suffered a high-profile defection from his ruling Democratic Party (PD) on Wednesday in the latest sign that growing internal dissent could lead to a breakaway group leaving the party.
Russian former leader of Ukraine rebels warns of ‘big war’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A ceasefire is likely to collapse in east Ukraine and Russia could be drawn into a “big war” to cleanse the “sore on its borders”, the former leader of the region’s pro-Russian separatists said.
Armenians press energy price protests for third day
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Hundreds of Armenians staged a third day of demonstrations in the capital Yerevan on Wednesday against a hike in electricity prices, but fewer took part in the protests and there were no reports of any serious violence.
Judge suggests charging South African government over Bashir flight
PRETORIA (Reuters) – A South African judge asked prosecutors on Wednesday to consider charging the government over its decision to let Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir leave the country in defiance of legal orders from Pretoria and the Internati…
Britain wants to beef up Calais border control after migrant melee
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday his government was looking at reinforcing its border controls around the French port of Calais after what he said were unacceptable scenes involving illegal migrants trying to re…
Uganda police ban public meetings for presidential challenger
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s police force on Wednesday barred a former prime minister from holding meetings to promote his challenge to President Yoweri Museveni for power, saying their party had not yet nominated a candidate.
Libya’s elected parliament backs U.N. peace plan, with amendments
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s elected parliament has voted to stay in United Nations peace talks after calling for amendments to a proposed power-sharing deal aimed at ending the conflict between the country’s two rival governments.
France’s Fabius voices caution about Iran nuclear deal hopes
PARIS (Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday that recent declarations from Iranian leaders appeared not to favor an international deal on the country’s nuclear program.
Computer error a possible cause of Poland airline outage: prosecutors
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish prosecutors are looking into whether the outage which grounded dozens of jets operated by Polish airline Lot at Warsaw’s main airport on Sunday may have been caused by a computer system error, a spokesman for the Warsaw prosec…
