Japan’s power failure: Bid to forge national grid stumbles
TOKYO (Reuters) – After the Fukushima disaster crippled Japan’s nuclear energy sector three years ago, the government pledged the biggest shake up in the history of the fragmented electricity industry to boost competition and contain a surge in power p…
Jailed Kurdish leader says peace talks with Turkey entered new phase
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The jailed Kurdish separatist leader said on Tuesday the peace process with the Turkish government had entered a new phase since Oct. 15 and he was upbeat over the chances of success.
Sweden gets two new sightings, as hunt for undersea intruder goes on
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s military is working on two new observations that could be evidence of suspected “foreign underwater activity” near the country’s capital, a senior naval officer said on Tuesday.
U.N. chief says moving ahead with Gaza war inquiry
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he was setting up an investigation into attacks on United Nations facilities during Israel’s recent war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip and the use of U.N. sites to…
War heroes and activists to shape new-look Ukraine parliament
KIEV (Reuters) – Out will go the bodyguards and mistresses, in are likely to come the street activists and war veterans: Ukraine’s next parliament will be pro-Western and strongly nationalist, and it won’t be to Russia’s liking.
Egypt sentences to death seven suspected members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced to death seven suspected members of Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis on Tuesday on charges related to attacks on the military in and around Cairo in March which killed nine soldiers, judicial so…
Total CEO de Margerie killed in Moscow as jet hits snow plow
MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) – Christophe de Margerie, the charismatic and outspoken chief executive of the French oil company Total , was killed when his private jet hit a snow plow as it was taking off from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on Monday night.
In Benghazi, Libya’s army liberates a ghost town
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Sitting in one of the last buildings still intact after months of fighting near Benghazi’s airport, Libyan army special forces commander Wanis Bukhamada presides over a world of destruction.
Sudan’s Bashir chosen by ruling party as candidate for 2015 elections
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s ruling party chose President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Tuesday as its candidate for next year’s presidential vote, making it almost certain that he will not step aside but extend his rule after 25 years in power.
Death toll in Nepal’s worst trekking disaster reaches 43
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Rescuers on Tuesday pulled out three bodies of Nepali citizens killed in last week’s freak blizzards and avalanches, taking the toll in the Himalayan nation’s worst trekking disaster to 43.
