Bulgarian president warns against new elections
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s president and business leaders urged politicians on Tuesday to agree on a new government and avoid another election after a weekend snap poll delivered a messy result that raises the threat of further instability in the Bal…
Thousands flee homes amid India-Pakistan clashes
SRINAGAR India (Reuters) – Thousands of Indians fled their homes in the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire again, a day after the highest civilian death toll in a single day in more than a decade.
Piracy expected to increase ahead of Nigeria’s election
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Piracy will increase in the Gulf of Guinea as Nigeria prepares for an election next February in order to funnel ransom money into campaign financing, intelligence experts told a shipping conference in Copenhagen on Tuesday.
Burkina Faso talks over referendum on term limits collapse
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Talks aimed at easing tension between Burkina Faso’s ruling party and the opposition have broken down without resolving the issue of whether President Blaise Compaore can seek constitutional changes to stay in power beyond next …
Italy’s Renzi tells party rebels to back him in key jobs vote
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Tuesday he expected rebels from his Democratic Party (PD) would swing behind him in a confidence vote over contested labor reform plans that he has to win to remain in power.
Greek Cypriots halt peace talks with Turk Cypriots over gas row
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Greek Cypriots suspended peace talks with Turkish Cypriots on Tuesday in protest at what they called attempts by Turkey to undermine gas exploration off the ethnically divided island.
Train drivers, pilots’ strikes target German freight
BERLIN (Reuters) – Strikes by train drivers’ and pilots’ unions over pay and conditions in Germany are expected to disrupt travelers and freight inside and outside the country from Tuesday evening.
U.S. drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan dents Israeli arms exports
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s defense exports dropped by almost 13 percent in 2013 as the United States and its allies drew down forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and other foreign buyers trimmed procurement budgets, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
Ukraine acts to push through anti-corruption laws before election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s pro-Western government pressed ahead to secure new laws to tackle top-level government corruption on Tuesday, hoping to ease public discontent before an election from which it wants backing for its plan to end a separatist re…
Liberia justice minister quits, says president blocked investigation
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia’s justice minister has stepped down, saying President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf blocked her investigation into fraud allegations against the country’s National Security Agency (NSA), which is headed by the president’s son.
