U.S. military may move Niger drone base to Sahara desert city
WASHINGTON/NIAMEY (Reuters) – The United States is preparing a possible redeployment of its drones in Niger to set up a forward base in the Sahara closer to Islamist militants blamed for attacks across the region, U.S. military and Defense Department o…
Dutchman praised for MH17 crash handling in race for top EU job
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Frans Timmermans, the Netherlands’ nominee to join the European Commission, is an experienced Brussels hand who represents his country’s last best hope of securing a top job in the European Union’s executive.
Judge orders immediate release from Spanish jail of ill British boy’s parents
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish judge has ordered the immediate release from custody of two British parents detained in Madrid for taking their seriously ill child out of hospital, a court source said on Tuesday, speeding a reunion with their five-year-ol…
Japan’s Abe to co-opt rival, draft more women in cabinet reshuffle
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to co-opt a rival and draft more women to spruce up his image while keeping key ministers when he reshuffles his cabinet on Wednesday, a rejig dictated more by political dynamics than pol…
Yemen’s Houthis reject government move to quell protests
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s president dismissed his government on Tuesday, proposed a national unity administration and suggested reinstating fuel subsidies, government sources said, in moves to quell weeks of unrest by a rebel movement.
Three killed, nine injured when Libyan war plane crashes in eastern city: medics
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Three people were killed and nine injured when a Libyan war plane crashed on Tuesday in a residential part of the eastern city of Tobruk, residents and medics said.
Brazil squanders oil bonanza even as Rousseff declares victory
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has put her government’s oil policies front and center in her re-election campaign.
African leaders seek fund to fight militant groups
NAIROBI (Reuters) – African leaders proposed on Tuesday creating a special fund to combat Islamist militant groups growing in strength from Kenya to Nigeria.
End of Gaza war doesn’t translate into peace
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A week after the guns fell silent in the Gaza war, Israel and the Palestinians seem to have little appetite or incentive for a return to U.S.-sponsored peace and statehood talks that collapsed five months ago.
Pakistan parliament backs embattled prime minister as crisis deepens
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament threw its weight behind embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday as a deepening crisis over violent protests demanding his resignation prompted fears of an army intervention.
