Lengthy Central African Republic poll delay could worsen crisis: U.N.
PARIS (Reuters) – A lengthy postponement of elections in Central African Republic meant to complete a return to democracy following a March 2013 coup would risk further worsening the crisis there, the top U.N. official in the region said on Sunday.
UK’s Liberal Democrats set coalition dividing lines ahead of 2015 vote
GLASGOW Scotland (Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats, kingmakers at the 2010 election, said on Sunday that they would refuse to form another coalition with Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party if it insists on pulling the…
Suicide bomber kills five police in Russia’s Chechnya: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least five police officers and wounded 12 others on Sunday during festivities for a local holiday in Grozny, the capital of Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Russian news agencies reporte…
Afghanistan to allow return of expelled NYT reporter
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s new government will allow a New York Times journalist who was expelled in August to return and resume work in the country, the newspaper said Sunday.
Latvia’s ruling parties win election dominated by Russian issue
RIGA (Reuters) – Latvia’s hawkish center ruling coalition has won a clear majority in a general election, results showed on Sunday, after taking a hard line over the actions of Russia, its neighbor and former ruler, in Ukraine.
Cuban migrants drank own blood, urine, adrift at sea for 23 days
MIAMI (Reuters) – A group of Cuban migrants drank their own urine and blood after the engine of their homemade boat failed, leaving them adrift in the Caribbean for three weeks without food or water, according to survivors who reached the United States…
Rights group demands UAE reveal whereabouts of Libyans, Emiratis
DUBAI (Reuters) – An international human rights group on Sunday accused the United Arab Emirates of secretly arresting 10 Libyan citizens and six Emiratis in August and September and called on authorities in Abu Dhabi to reveal their whereabouts.
Support for Spain’s ruling conservatives sinks: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Support for Spain’s center People’s Party (PP) has sunk to its lowest level since its general election victory in 2011, while support for new leftist party Podemos has risen, a poll showed on Sunday.
Loyal depositors shoulder Turkey’s Bank Asya while political war rages
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Selling everything from their sofas to their wedding rings, Bank Asya clients are battling to shore up the Turkish lender against what they say is a government-orchestrated bid to scuttle it.
Hong Kong student leaders urge protesters to regroup in heart of city
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Student leaders in Hong Kong called on pro-democracy supporters on Sunday to decamp from outlying protest sites and join the bulk of demonstrators in the heart of the Asian financial center as they gear up for a potential showdown…
