Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader, others to death
(This April 11 story corrects ninth paragraph to read “son of”)
German foreign minister rejects calls to invite Putin to G7 talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier dismissed on Sunday calls from the radical Left party to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to this year’s summit of the Group of Seven industrial powers.
Spain’s anti-austerity Podemos neck-to-neck with mainstream parties: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s anti-austerity Podemos would win an election by a razor-thin margin if it were held now, a poll showed, but the new leftist party has lost some support in recent months and is running virtually neck-to-neck with the two mains…
Exclusive: Iraq’s leader to seek arms with deferred payment on U.S. visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraq’s prime minister will seek President Barack Obama’s help to acquire billions of dollars in drones and other U.S. arms to fight Islamic State during a U.S. visit next week, a senior Iraqi official said.
Hiroshima survivors: haunted 70 years on, determined to remember
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Hiroshi Harada remembers how his leg sank into one of the bodies blocking a narrow Hiroshima street 70 years ago, as he fled the spreading fire ignited by the atomic bomb.
Iran’s state TV social media accounts hacked
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Iran’s Arabic-language state TV network Al Alam said on Sunday its Twitter account had been hacked and a false report was posted that an Iran-allied rebel leader in Yemen had died.
Saudi king relieves health minister, second in a month
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has relieved Health Minister Ahmed al-Khatib of his post, removing a second minister handling social welfare issues in the space of a month as he reshapes the cabinet soon after coming to the throne.
Chinese demands, rebels and Buddhist ruins stall Afghan copper dream
MES AYNAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) – China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul’s struggles to support itself as foreign aid dr…
A year after ferry disaster, safety concerns persist in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – Nearly a year after her 16-year-old daughter was among 304 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized, Park Eun-mi says not much has changed when it comes to safety in South Korea.
Most Brazilians favor impeachment, but few see Rousseff gone: poll
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Almost two thirds of Brazilians favor the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff over a corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras, but roughly as many doubt it would drive her from office, according to a poll released…
