Stockholm international airport partially closed after bomb threat
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish police evacuated several parts of Stockholm’s Arlanda international airport after a bomb threat, police said on Tuesday.
China releases one of its longest-serving political prisoners, relative says
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has freed one of its longest-serving political prisoners, the ethnic Mongol dissident Hada, who has spent much of the last two decades behind bars, his uncle said on Tuesday.
Blast near Manama kills Bahraini, wounds expatriate: interior ministry
MANAMA (Reuters) – An explosion killed a Bahraini citizen and wounded an expatriate man on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said on its Twitter account, in the second fatal attack in the Gulf Arab state in two days.
Turkish soldier shoots two colleagues then self on Syria border: official
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – A Turkish soldier on duty on the border with Syria shot dead two of his colleagues then killed himself late on Monday, the governor of the southern province of Sanliurfa said, dismissing suggestions they had been killed by cross-…
Anti-EU party UKIP fends off sex harassment allegations in UK
LONDON (Reuters) – A prominent female member of Britain’s anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) has accused its general secretary of sexual harassment five months before a national election, prompting the party to suspend him pending an investigation.
With or without Mugabe, Zimbabwe still hostage to nationalism
HARARE (Reuters) – When veteran Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe sacked his vice-president in front of 12,000 baying party members last week, Emmerson Mnangagwa sat quietly in the crowd, a green baseball cap pulled low over his eyes.
Swedish opposition offers government talks to help block far-right
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s center-right opposition on Tuesday offered to strike a deal with the government on voting procedures in parliament to allow minority governments to rule and prevent the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats from effectively h…
China condemns U.S. report on South China Sea claims
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry condemned on Tuesday a report by the U.S. State Department about China’s claims in the South China Sea, saying they went against Washington’s promises not to take sides in the dispute.
China’s stealth fighter could “take down” foreign rival: industry exec
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new stealth fighter could certainly “take down” its opponent in the sky, the president of China’s top aircraft maker said on Tuesday, referring to its U.S.-made counterpart.
Ukraine says Russia has resumed sending it gas
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s gas transport monopoly, Ukrtransgaz, said Russia had resumed gas flows to Ukraine on Tuesday after a six-month gap during a dispute over prices and unpaid debts.
