Romanian finmin to keep key role in tax cuts despite investigation: PM
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian Finance Minister Darius Valcov will continue to play a key role in the government’s plans to cut all the country’s major taxes, despite becoming the subject of a corruption investigation, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said …
Germany invites Egyptian president for state visit: Handelsblatt
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s economy minister on Saturday invited the Egyptian president for a state visit to Germany, the newspaper Handelsblatt reported in its online edition.
Death toll four in attack on Kenya governor convoy, says official
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – An attack by suspected Somali Islamist gunmen on a convoy of a Kenyan state governor killed three police officers and a regional elder, a regional official said on Saturday.
U.S. warns of possible attacks on Western oil workers in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) – Western oil workers in Saudi Arabia may be the target of militant attacks, the U.S. embassy warned on Friday.
U.S., India concerned over 13-year jail sentence for Maldives’ ex-president Nasheed
MALE/COLOMBO (Reuters) – The United States, India and rights groups said on Saturday they were troubled by the trial of former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of terrorism for orderin…
Zambia’s president recovering after surgery in South Africa
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s new President Edgar Lungu has undergone surgery in a South African hospital to correct a narrowing of the oesophagus which caused him to fall ill a week ago, his spokesman said.
China summons Myanmar ambassador after bomb kills four Chinese
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has summoned the Myanmar ambassador for a meeting in Beijing after a bomb from a Myanmar aircraft fell in Chinese territory and killed four Chinese people, China’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.
About 50 dead as Myanmar ferry sinks in bad weather
YANGON (Reuters) – About 50 people were believed to have drowned off Myanmar when a ferry sank in bad weather, government officials said on Saturday, though residents said they believed more people on the overcrowded vessel had died.
Philippine Muslim rebels warn trust in government eroded
CAMP DARAPANAN, Philippines (Reuters) – The trust that the largest Muslim guerrilla group in the Philippines has in the government has been eroded by a clash in January in which 44 police commandos and 18 rebels were killed, a rebel leader told Reuters…
Brazil government backers take to streets ahead of Sunday protests
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Pro-government labor unions and social activists staged demonstrations across Brazil on Friday in support of President Dilma Rousseff, two days before mass protests planned against her administration.
