South Korea’s Park to skip Russia World War Two event that North’s Kim will attend
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not attend an event in Moscow to mark the end of World War Two in Europe and instead send an envoy, an official said on Monday, dashing the possibility for a rare summit with the leader of Nor…
Islamic State militants claim attacks on embassies in Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in the Libyan capital early on Monday, causing some damage but hurting nobody, a security official said, only hours after gunmen attacked South Korea’s mission in Tripoli.
Brazilians protest Rousseff in second big demonstration of 2015
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilians took to the streets in over 100 cities on Sunday in the second major protest of the year against President Dilma Rousseff, blaming her for a sputtering economy and widening corruption scandal at state-run oil company Pe…
Germanwings plane evacuated after bomb scare
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Germanwings flight bound for Italy from Germany was evacuated late on Sunday due to a bomb threat, the airline said.
Yemen’s exiled president appoints conciliatory figure as deputy
ADEN/RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed his former prime minister as vice president on Sunday, a move apparently aimed at improving the chances of a peaceful settlement to the civil war that forced Hadi to flee to Saud…
History now made, U.S. and Cuba face bumpy road ahead
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States just made history. Now comes the hard part.
Gunmen attack South Korea embassy in Tripoli, two guards killed
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Gunmen fired shots at the South Korean embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday killing two local security guards, South Korean and Libyan officials said.
Buhari’s party wins Lagos vote, shoring up Nigeria rule
LAGOS/ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – The party of Nigeria’s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari has retained the Lagos state governorship, the electoral commission said on Sunday, consolidating his administration’s power by giving it control of the commerci…
Far-right Jobbik party hurting Hungary’s image: Jewish leader
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A senior Jewish leader warned Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party is damaging the country’s image, as several thousand people rallied in central Budapest to pay tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews killed during the …
What to do with Dad: A dilemma for France’s Le Pen
PARIS (Reuters) – The daughter accuses the father of political suicide; the father publicly suspects she would like him dead anyway; and the grand-daughter watches in the wings, ready to pick up the pieces.
