Labour leads Conservatives by 1 percent point ahead of UK election: poll
(Reuters) – The opposition Labour Party holds a one-percentage-point lead over Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party ahead of Britain’s May 7 election, according to a YouGov poll for The Sun newspaper published late on Wednesday.
U.N. Yemen envoy to step down, may be replaced by Mauritanian: source
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. special adviser to Yemen Jamal Benomar is planning on stepping down from his job and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is considering appointing a Mauritanian diplomat to the post as the civil war escalates, a U.N. diplomatic sourc…
Two candidates drop out of ‘unfair’ Sudanese election
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Two independent candidates withdrew from Sudan’s presidential election on Wednesday, citing irregularities in the polling process after the election commission extended voting by a day.
Air strikes near Tripoli as U.N. peace talks on Libya resume
TRIPOLI/RABAT (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognized government carried out air strikes on Wednesday near the capital Tripoli, which is controlled by its rivals, officials said, as United Nations-brokered peace talks resumed in …
Mideast’s arch-survivor stands in way of Saudi success in Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Three weeks of Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen have led to defections of army units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, military sources said, dealing a blow to his efforts to stage a comeback.
Islamic State withdraws from Yarmouk camp, Nusra remains: residents
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have largely withdrawn from a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus after expelling their main rival, several residents and a Palestinian official said on Wednesday.
European Parliament votes to call 1915 Armenian killings genocide
BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The European Parliament backed a motion on Wednesday that calls the massacre a century ago of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces a “genocide”, days after Pope Francis triggered fury in Turkey by using th…
Brazil’s Rousseff under pressure after party treasurer jailed
CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian police on Wednesday arrested the treasurer of the ruling Workers’ Party Joao Vaccari, moving an investigation of rampant corruption at state-run oil company Petrobras closer to President Dilma Rousseff’s inner cir…
Former Ukrainian lawmaker shot dead in Kiev: interior ministry
KIEV (Reuters) – Oleg Kalashnikov, a former member of parliament for ex-president Viktor Yanukovich’s discredited Party of Regions, was found shot dead in Kiev on Wednesday, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
China reef work could lead to new air exclusion zone: U.S. commander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China could eventually deploy radar and missile systems on outposts it is building in the South China Sea that could be used to enforce an exclusion zone over the disputed territory, the U.S. military commander for Asia said on W…
