Danish leaders wary of holding vote on closer EU ties
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s prime minister called on Tuesday for a referendum on whether to adopt EU justice rules but only after an election next year which the government is likely to lose, potentially transferring the thorny issue to the next g…
Hezbollah bomb wounds two Israeli soldiers, Israel shells south Lebanon
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Hezbollah fighters detonated a bomb on Lebanon’s border with Israel on Tuesday, wounding two Israeli soldiers and drawing artillery fire in response.
Iranian woman faces death on Wednesday for killing alleged rapist: report
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian woman convicted of murdering an alleged rapist as a teenager is set to be hanged on Wednesday unless she wins forgiveness from the victim’s relatives, an Iranian news agency reported on Tuesday.
Sweden’s Palestine statement signals start of weightier global role
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s decision to recognize the Palestine state – without formally consulting its allies – may herald a wider foreign policy shift that has at its heart the aim of asserting a new diplomatic weight around the world.
Keep your courts independent, EU to tell Turkey
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will criticise Turkey on Wednesday for failing to safeguard the independence of its judges and says it wants to have more discussion on rights as part of Ankara’s bid to join the European Union, according a …
International prosecutors accuse Kenya of withholding evidence against president
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – International prosecutors accused the Kenyan government on Tuesday of failing to hand over phone and bank records they said could help them show President Uhuru Kenyatta paid people to take part in post-election violence in 2007.
U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan kill at least eight suspected militants
DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) – Missiles from U.S. drones hit a gathering of militants and a suspected training camp in northwest Pakistan in two separate attacks on Tuesday, killing at least 8 people, intelligence officials said.
Central African Republic militias call for president, PM to step down
BANGUI (Reuters) – Christian militias in Central African Republic have called for the president and prime minister to resign and have ordered their ministers to pull out of the government, striking a blow to efforts aimed at quelling violence in the co…
Thai martial law to stay until sweeping reforms in place: PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday dismissed calls to lift martial law, saying it would continue until sweeping national reforms are in place, despite calls by tourism bodies to scrap a measure that has deterred many v…
EU’s Juncker ready to switch team to win parliament backing: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The incoming head of the EU executive, Jean-Claude Juncker, is under pressure to drop one of his team and reshuffle nominees in a deal with parliamentary leaders to get his line-up confirmed in office, sources in the EU legislature…
