Romania’s Ponta concedes defeat in presidential race
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Prime Minister Victor Ponta conceded shock defeat in Romania’s presidential race on Sunday after exit polls showed center-right candidate Klaus Iohannis had staged a surprising comeback against the frontrunner.
Main Mexico leftist party on verge of dissolution, leader says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The elder statesman of Mexico’s main leftist party said on Sunday the group was on the verge of falling apart after a series of mistakes and the disappearance of 43 students in a state it runs in the southwest of the country.
Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain end rift with Qatar, return ambassadors
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain agreed on Sunday to return their ambassadors to Qatar, signaling an end to an eight-month rift over Doha’s support for Islamist groups.
Suicide attack in Nigerian market kills at least 12: witnesses
ABUJA (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber blew herself up on Sunday, killing at least a dozen people in a cellphone market in Azare, a town in Nigeria’s Bauchi State where a similar attack at a bank last week killed seven, witnesses said.
Burkina Faso authorities to decide on transitional president
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Authorities in Burkina Faso met on Sunday to name an interim president to lead the country back to civilian rule after former head of state Blaise Compaore was toppled by protests last month and replaced by a military ruler.
Egypt to try five students in military court on riot charges
CAIRO (Reuters) – Five Egyptian students were transferred to a military court on Sunday on charges of rioting at a university, a judicial source said, weeks after a law was passed allowing military trials of civilians for damaging state property.
Heavy shelling rocks rebel-held Donetsk in east Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Fresh volleys of artillery fire were heard across many parts of the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, a Ukrainian government statement said, after Kiev warned again of rebel preparations for a fr…
Somalia’s al Shabaab says fires at presidential compound
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab militants said they fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Sunday, but government and police spokesmen said none had landed inside the compound.
Italy PM Renzi sees slide in approval as headwinds grow
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s government has seen a marked drop in its approval rating as economic difficulties have grown but he remains by far the country’s most popular leader, a poll on Sunday showed.
G20 commits to higher growth, fight climate change; Russia isolated over Ukraine
BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) – Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed on Sunday to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance but ties between the West and Russia plummeted to a new low over the crisis in …
