Afghan projects, officials in limbo with delay of cabinet
KAREZMIR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – On the outskirts of Kabul, contractor Saif-ul Rahman Sherzad overlooks a half-finished road leading to Afghanistan’s north and pronounces much of the $5 million spent on it a waste.
Voters ignore violence, turn out in high numbers in India’s Kashmir
HANDWARA, India (Reuters) – Soldiers killed at least three militants near the border with Pakistan in the Indian state of Kashmir on Tuesday but the gun battle did not deter voters who have turned out in high numbers in a closely watched state election…
Rifts in Zambia ruling party widen as rival leaders chosen
LUSAKA (Reuters) – A power struggle in Zambia’s ruling party has intensified, with a faction loyal to interim president Guy Scott electing economist Miles Sampa as its new leader barely a day after a rival group voted for the defense minister to take o…
Swedish PM says to resign if loses Wednesday budget vote: Swedish daily
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The head of Sweden’s new minority government will resign if the opposition wins a budget vote on Wednesday with support from the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, a paper quoted him as saying on Tuesday.
Islamic State followers say they were behind Riyadh shooting
RIYADH (Reuters) – A group of supporters of Islamic State has released a video that it says shows its members carrying out a shooting in Saudi Arabia last week of a Danish national who survived the attack, SITE Monitoring reported.
Japan opposition, too weak to take power, aims to dim Abe’s luster
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s main opposition party, its image still tarnished two years after losing power, isn’t even pretending to have a shot at ousting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition in a Dec. 14 election. It does hope to give him a black eye, …
Nazi hunter says Adolf Eichmann’s top aide presumed dead in Syria
(Reuters) – One of the world’s most wanted war criminals, the reputed top lieutenant of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, is presumed to have died at least four years ago in Syria, where he lived under government protection, a leading Nazi hunter said on…
Rights group puts Venezuela jail deaths at 41, doubts official cause
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan rights group says at least 41 inmates died in suspicious conditions last week, more than three times the official death toll authorities have blamed on overdoses.
French parliament to call for recognition of Palestinian state
PARIS (Reuters) – French lawmakers are set to vote on Tuesday to call on the government to recognize Palestine, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France’s diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled peac…
Netanyahu says Israel could be headed to early election
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, enmeshed in a cabinet crisis, said on Monday he would call an early national election unless rebellious ministers stopped attacking government policies.
