Lebanon to postpone parliamentary poll to 2017: minister
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon is set to postpone next month’s parliamentary elections to 2017 because instability linked to the Syrian crisis has made it impossible to hold a nationwide poll, a government minister said on Monday.
More Bangladeshis found in Thailand on human trafficking route
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police found scores of sick and exhausted boat people hiding on a remote island on Monday, and all but one of the 79 suspected human-trafficking victims were from Bangladesh, according to local officials.
Nationalists with divided goals extend hold over Bosnia in vote
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Nationalists deeply divided over the future of Bosnia have extended their rule over the Balkan country, offering scant hope of genuine change to a political system designed to end a war but seen as ineffective in peace.
Madagascar’s ex-leader detained after return: local media
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar’s exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana was detained on Monday after returning to the Indian Ocean island for the first time since he was deposed in a coup in 2009, local newspapers reported on their websites.
Britain’s ‘secret’ terrorism trial due to start this week
LONDON (Reuters) – Jury members were sworn in on Monday at the start of a terrorism trial that prosecutors had tried to hold entirely in secret – a bid unprecedented in recent British legal history.
Vatican document challenges Church to change attitude to gays
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – In a dramatic shift in tone, a Vatican document said on Monday that homosexuals had “gifts and qualities to offer” and asked if Catholicism could accept gays and recognize positive aspects of same-sex couples.
Austrian ex-interior minister’s jail term for bribery cut to three years
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s top court on Monday reduced on appeal to three years a jail term imposed on an ex-European Parliament member for offering to propose amendments to laws in exchange for 100,000 euros ($126,830) a year, a court spokesman said…
Government-backed candidates win in Turkish judicial vote
ANKARA (Reuters) – Government-backed candidates won most seats in a top Turkish judicial body, election results showed on Monday, tightening President Tayyip Erdogan’s control over the judiciary in a victory over his rival Fethullah Gulen.
Taliban ambush kills 22 Afghan soliders, police in north: official
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents ambushed a convoy of Afghan security forces in a mountainous area of northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 22 soldiers and police, an official said.
The key to nuclear’s future or an element of doubt?
CADARACHE France (Reuters) – Behind thick glass in a laboratory nestled in French woodland, a silvery molten metal swirls like a liquid mirror. But the material is no mere novelty; as dangerous as it is captivating, it could offer a solution to the nuc…
