Venezuelan cartoonist says fired for health satire
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan cartoonist said she was fired from her newspaper for a caricature that used the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s signature to satirize the state of healthcare.
Norwegian mass killer Breivik getting ever more extreme, father fears
OSLO (Reuters) – The father of Anders Behring Breivik, who massacred 77 people in central Oslo and at an island summer camp in 2011, said on Thursday his son’s fascist, anti-immigrant views seemed to be getting ever more extreme in jail.
Poland’s PM designate says will be personnel changes in cabinet
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s prime minister-designate Ewa Kopacz said she is ready to present her cabinet to President Bronislaw Komorowski later on Thursday and that there will be some personnel changes.
After Mahmoud Abbas, who will lead the Palestinians?
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) – Most Palestinians have known only two leaders: Yasser Arafat, the stubble-chinned firebrand fond of chequered scarves and olive fatigues, and Mahmoud Abbas, a smooth-shaven father figure who favors Western suits…
Austria backs calls for joint EU response to migrant crisis
ROME (Reuters) – The incoming European Commission must step up efforts with EU governments to develop a coordinated approach to refugee and asylum policy, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said on Thursday.
Gunmen in Pakistan kill professor who faced blasphemy accusations
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen on Thursday shot dead a professor of Islamic studies in Pakistan who had faced accusations of blasphemy and threats from colleagues over his moderate views, police said. 
Swedish Social Democrat leader asked to form government by Speaker
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The speaker of Sweden’s parliament on Thursday asked Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven to try and form a government after an election won by the center-left which left an anti-immigrant party holding the balance of power.
Syria conflict keeps 2.8 million children out of school
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The 3-1/2-year-old conflict in Syria is preventing 2.8 million children from getting an education and has destroyed or damaged more than 3,400 schools, an international children’s charity said on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia promises $500 million for Gaza rebuilding
GAZA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has pledged $500 million to help rebuild Gaza, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah said on Thursday, with the full cost of post-war reconstruction expected to be around $4 billion over three years.
Egypt targets last bastion of Muslim Brotherhood dissent
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has moved to close down one of the last bastions of Muslim Brotherhood dissent with sweeping new rules to curtail violent protest at Al Azhar University, among the world’s most venerable centers of Islamic learning.
