Scotland may seek new independence vote if UK delays devolution, Salmond says
PERTH Scotland (Reuters) – Scotland may seek another independence vote if Britain’s rulers fail to honor their pledge to grant it further autonomy, outgoing Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond warned on Friday, less than two months after Scots …
Italian workers, students, leftwing groups demonstrate against Renzi job reforms
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian unions, joined by students and leftwing groups, demonstrated across the country on Friday against Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s planned overhaul of job protection rules.
Ukraine’s PM says main task is to build army to stop Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s top priority is to build an army strong enough to stop Russian military aggression, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday, as he made recommendations for top positions in a new coalition government.
Islamic State commanders liable for mass war crimes: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Islamic State commanders are liable for war crimes on a “massive scale” in northeast Syria, where they spread terror by beheading, stoning and shooting civilians and captured fighters, U.N. investigators said on Friday.
EU must set reform agenda for Bosnia: think-tank
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The European Union needs to spell out much more clearly economic and political reforms required from Bosnia’s leaders in exchange for helping to accelerate its accession bid and unlocking funds for the Balkan country, a think-tank …
Beijing police bust ‘underground banks’ that funneled $23 billion overseas
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing police have shut down more than 10 “underground banks” responsible for illegally funneling more than $22.6 billion out of China, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.
Canadian gunman toured Parliament weeks before attack
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The man who shot and killed a Canadian soldier in October and then stormed the country’s Parliament with a rifle before being shot down himself, had taken a tour of the building less than three weeks earlier, a parliamentary spokeswo…
Algeria’s Bouteflika in French hospital, reason unclear
LYON France (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who suffered a stroke last year, was hospitalized in the Alpine city of Grenoble on Thursday, a French police source said.
Yemen Shi’ites capture key district from al Qaeda, 35 people dead
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni Shi’ite Muslim Houthi fighters backed by government forces drove the local wing of al Qaeda from one of its last strongholds in central Yemen on Friday in intense fighting that killed at least 35 people, tribal sources said.
Botswana gay rights group wins legal recognition
GABORONE (Reuters) – A Botswana judge overturned a government ban on a gay rights lobbying group on Friday, a rare victory for African gay rights campaigners on a continent where homosexuality remains highly contentious.
