Russian Justice Ministry annuls opposition party registration
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Justice Ministry has canceled the legal registration of the Party of Progress, the ministry said on Tuesday, blocking the group’s plan to run for parliament in alliance with another anti-Kremlin party.
UN renews Western Sahara force without changes Africans wanted
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council renewed for another year the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara but failed to accept African Union recommendations for changes to the force’…
Sri Lanka parliament passes diluted reforms
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s parliament overwhelmingly passed reforms on Tuesday reducing some of the president’s powers, in a move that did not go as far as President Maithripala Sirisena had promised but is nevertheless seen as a victory for the leader.
More than 150 rescued from burning ferry off Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – Emergency services rescued 156 people on Tuesday from a burning ferry crossing the Mediterranean from the island of Mallorca to the Spanish port of Valencia, the ferry operator and government officials said.
Ukrainian leader’s firm says assets seized in Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Russian authorities have seized the assets of a confectionery factory owned by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in the Russian city of Lipetsk in order to block their sale, parent company Roshen said on Tuesday.
Potential ally signals could back Cameron’s EU referendum plan
CORFE MULLEN, England (Reuters) – The leader of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s junior coalition partner has signaled his party might agree after all to a referendum on staying in the European Union in any deal on a new center-right coalition af…
Mali peacemaking in danger after rebel attack near Timbuktu: U.N.
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Tuareg rebels shot at peacekeepers outside the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali on Tuesday in an attack that endangers the United Nations-brokered peace process, the U.N. mission in the West African country said.
Obama hosts Japan’s Abe, hails alliance as ‘indestructible’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hailing the U.S.-Japan partnership as “indestructible,” President Barack Obama on Tuesday hosted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a visit to showcase deeper defense ties and advance a Pacific trade pact as the two allies seek to …
Missing British girl’s parents win damages from Portuguese ex-policeman
LISBON (Reuters) – A Portuguese court ruled on Tuesday that a former investigator of the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann pay 500,000 euros damages to her parents for alleging in a book that the girl had died in an accident and the McCanns had co…
Syria accuses Turkey of ‘direct aggression’ alongside militants
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria has accused Turkey of providing supporting fire and logistical help to enable “terrorist groups” to capture the Syrian city of Idlib and the strategic town of Jisr al-Shughour, state television said on Tuesday.
