Eight Ukrainian servicemen killed in past 24 hours: military
KIEV (Reuters) – Eight Ukrainian servicemen have been killed – seven of them in a single land mine blast – in the past 24 hours in eastern Ukraine where government forces are battling pro-Russian separatists, Kiev’s military spokesman said on Tuesday.
Romanian parliament blocks investigation into PM Ponta
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s parliament blocked a criminal investigation against Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday, prompting renewed criticism of the European Union member state’s commitment to fighting high-level corruption.
Spain’s economy minister to visit Cuba to meet authorities
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday he would visit Cuba, in a sign of increased contact between the communist island and Madrid’s conservative government.
Irritated with Myanmar, China to woo opposition leader Suu Kyi
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese leaders will woo Myanmar’s opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on her first visit to the country, a snub for the quasi-military government whose fighting with rebels along China’s border has angered Beijing…
Lola the cat survives migrant crossing to Italy
ROME (Reuters) – A cat which accompanied her owner across the desert from Sudan to Libya and then on a migrant boat to Italy has been taken into quarantine on the island of Lampedusa after authorities promised to reunite the pair, La Repubblica daily r…
UK opposition Labour to run separate pro-EU campaign
LONDON (Reuters) – The opposition Labour Party will run a separate campaign to keep Britain inside the EU when the country holds a referendum on the issue, the party said on Tuesday, ruling out sharing a platform with Conservative Prime Minister David …
Egypt says Human Rights Watch report politicized, biased
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian government on Tuesday dismissed a report that accused it of widespread human rights violations as politicized and lacking in objectivity and accuracy.
Dutch government supports EU Commission proposal on migrants
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands threw its support on Tuesday behind a proposal from the European Commission for EU member states to take in 40,000 migrants.
Greenpeace says India denies entry to Australian activist
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday said India had barred an Australian staff member who had valid travel documents, a move it called part of a wider crackdown on the group, which is embroiled in a legal battle with the gover…
Five killed in China village ‘mass shooting’
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese villager armed with a double-barreled hunting gun killed four people, including two police, in northern Hebei province on Tuesday, state media said, a rare outbreak of gun violence in a country where firearms are tightly c…
