Netanyahu considering changes to Congress speech after criticism
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned address to the U.S. Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furore the Iran-focused speech has provoked.
EU threatens sanctions against ‘spoilers’ of Libyan peace talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers threatened sanctions on Monday against “spoilers” who obstruct efforts by the United Nations to halt fighting in Libya.
Two parties quit resumed Yemen crisis talks citing Houthi threats
SANAA (Reuters) – Two parties walked out of resumed talks on Yemen’s political crisis on Monday after saying they had received threats from the country’s dominant Houthi movement.
Euro zone, Greece face off as markets take fright
ATHENS/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Greece and its euro zone partners engaged in brinkmanship on Monday, with leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras insisting his country would not extend its reform-linked bailout and Germany saying it would get no more money w…
Gunmen fire on Marseille police as PM Valls visits city
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – Gunmen fired on a police car in Marseille on Monday in what local officials said was a drug-related incident, just hours before a visit by Prime Minister Manuel Valls to hail a drop in crime in France’s second city.
U.S. derails amendment to toughen nuclear safety pact: diplomats
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States has derailed a proposal to toughen nuclear safety standards by amending a global atomic treaty, diplomats said, with opponents of the move arguing it would get mired in lengthy parliamentary ratification.
Boko Haram attack Cameroon village, kidnap bus passengers: sources
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants attacked a border village in northern Cameroon and are suspected of kidnapping at least 18 people traveling on a bus, two military sources told Reuters on Monday.
Bosnia presidency names PM-designate four months after election
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s three-member inter-ethnic presidency named a prime minister-designate on Monday, in the first step towards forming a national government needed to push through economic reforms sought by the European Union.
Poll gives UK Cameron’s Conservatives small lead before May election
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party is three percentage points ahead of the opposition Labor Party, an opinion poll showed on Monday, three months before a May 7 national election in Britain.
Nigeria’s election delay on military say raises fears for democracy
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s agreement to delay this week’s election on the advice of security forces creates a worrying echo for some of the annulment of 1993’s democratic vote by a military government.
