India’s Modi faces possible state poll defeat, clouding growth prospects
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing his first state election defeat since taking charge last year, opinion polls show, a result that would dent his chances of consolidating power needed to speed up an economic recovery.
Blast at Nigeria pro-Jonathan rally was female suicide bomber: police
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A bomb blast that went off just minutes after Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan left an election campaign rally was the work of a female suicide bomber, police said on Tuesday.
Abbas orders probe into Palestinian cartoon of Prophet Mohammad
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered an investigation into a cartoon apparently depicting the Prophet Mohammad in an official Palestinian newspaper.
Egypt could free jailed journalist Fahmy within hours: Al Jazeera
DOHA (Reuters) – Egypt could free Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy within hours, Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera English reported on Tuesday.
French police arrest eight in anti-jihadi operation
PARIS (Reuters) – French anti-terrorism police arrested eight people on Tuesday on suspicion of being part of a network linked to recruiting young people for jihad in Syria, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.
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.
