Gaddafi’s son Saadi appears in Libyan court on murder charges
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi who fled abroad during Libya’s 2011 revolution and was extradited from Niger last year appeared in a Tripoli court on Sunday at the start of a trial on murder charges but the judge adjourned his case unti…
Three die as Taliban attack second bus in Kabul in a week
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan government employees in Kabul on Sunday, killing three people, in the second bus attack in just a week to strike the same area of the capital, a police official said.
Turkish PM crosses into Syria to visit historic Ottoman tomb
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu crossed briefly into Syria on Sunday to visit the tomb of a revered Ottoman figure situated a few hundred meters from the border, in a move likely to anger the authorities in Damascus.
Swiss gunman kills self, four others in domestic shooting
AARAU, Switzerland (Reuters) – A gunman killed three relatives and a neighbor in a late-night
East African leaders seek to break political deadlock in Burundi
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – East African leaders will hold a summit in Tanzania on May 13 aimed at breaking the political deadlock in Burundi and ensuring the country holds peaceful elections, Tanzania’s presidency said.
No respite for candy factory caught up in Russia-Ukraine crisis
LIPETSK, Russia (Reuters) – The fortunes of the Russian outpost of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s candy empire have ebbed and flowed with the Russian-backed separatist conflict in the east of his country.
‘Winner takes all’ vote system exaggerates Britain’s divisions
LONDON (Reuters) – David Cameron can thank Britain’s winner-takes-all voting system for handing him an outright majority in parliament on just 37 percent of the vote. But by boosting the power of Scottish nationalists, it has also intensified one of hi…
Britain’s Cameron won big by selling stability over fear
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron sealed a surprise election win by persuading Britons to choose the security of modestly rising living standards over an implausible pretender many feared could become the puppet of Scottish nationalists.
Indonesian president lifts foreign media restrictions in Papua
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president said on Sunday that foreign journalists no longer need special permission to travel to the politically-sensitive Papua province, lifting decades-old restrictions imposed due to a long simmering secessionist mov…
New face but same old problems for EU foreign policy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s chequered attempt to build a common foreign and security policy has a new face, Italy’s Federica Mogherini, but the European Union is stuck with the same old problems despite her bright start.
