Britain’s Labour party to lose 30 seats in Scotland to nationalists: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour party will lose as many as 30 Scottish seats to nationalists in the May 7 election, a poll showed on Tuesday, reducing Labour leader Ed Miliband’s chances of unseating Prime Minister David Cameron.
Two Russians kidnapped in Sudan’s Darfur region
KHARTOUM/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two Russians working for UTair airline have been kidnapped in Sudan’s Darfur region, the Russian airline and the Russian embassy in Khartoum said on Tuesday.
U.N.’s highest court to rule on Serb, Croat genocide cases
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The United Nations’ highest court will rule on Tuesday on genocide cases filed by Serbia and Croatia over atrocities allegedly committed during the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
Sacking two reformers and handing out cash, new Saudi king signals approach
RIYADH (Reuters) – In making a blaze of largesse and the dismissal of relatively liberal clerics two of his first acts as monarch, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has signaled his approach to big future challenges may differ from that of his liberalizing la…
U.S.-India nuclear ‘breakthrough’ could be finalised within year
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A “breakthrough understanding” to open India’s nuclear power sector to U.S. firms reached during President Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi last month could be finalised this year, Indian officials say.
Bombs in Thai capital seen having minimal tourism impact: PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two small bombs outside a Bangkok shopping mall over the weekend will have a minimal impact on Thailand’s vital tourism industry, the prime minister said on Tuesday, while promising better security to avoid any more such incidents.
East Timor leaders begin talks on possible new government
DILI (Reuters) – East Timor’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is meeting the president this week to discuss a possible government restructuring, sending perhaps the strongest signal yet that the independence hero wants to step down.
Exclusive: Iran sweetens oil contracts to counter sanctions and price plunge
ANKARA/LONDON (Reuters) – Iran is sweetening the terms it offers on oil development contracts to draw the interest of foreign investors deterred by sanctions and low crude prices, as its pragmatic president seeks to deliver on his promise of economic r…
Cuba’s Fidel Castro appears in first photographs since August
HAVANA (Reuters) – Photographs of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, 88, appeared in official media on Monday for the first time since August, showing him slightly hunched over while seated, but appearing animated as he spoke with a student leader.
Cuba sounds warning ahead of next round of U.S. talks
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba warned the United States on Monday that it wants American diplomats to scale back aid for Cuban dissidents before the two countries can reopen embassies in each other’s capitals.
