‘Tired’ Grillo overhauls leadership of Italy’s 5-Star Movement
ROME (Reuters) – Beppe Grillo, the unruly comic who built Italy’s 5-Star Movement into one of the most potent anti-establishment forces in Europe, is struggling to stop a steady slide following months of infighting and electoral setbacks.
Arabs to present draft on Palestinian state to U.N. Security Council within days
CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab League foreign ministers endorsed on Saturday a draft resolution setting a timeframe for the creation of a Palestinian state and said they would formally present it to the United Nations Security Council for a vote within days.
Israel names new chief for its armed forces
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Saturday announced the appointment of a new chief of staff of its armed forces, Major-General Gadi Eisenkot, who has spent much of his operational career confronting Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon.
Germany’s Gabriel says sees Berlin backing EU-Canada trade deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said he expected his Social Democrat party (SPD) would back Europe’s free trade agreement with Canada (CETA), which has faced opposition from party left-wingers due to its investment protection c…
Bahrainis vote in second round of parliamentary election
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrainis voted in the second round of a parliamentary election on Saturday, a poll boycotted by the tiny Gulf monarchy’s Shi’ite-led opposition which accuses the government of gerrymandering and says parliament lacks powers.
Tanzanian leader declares himself free of cancer after surgery
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete declared himself cancer-free on Saturday after undergoing prostate surgery in the United States earlier this month.
Arabs set to call for U.N. Security Council vote on Palestinian state
CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab foreign ministers met on Saturday to agree a draft resolution setting a deadline for the creation of a Palestinian state and to agree on a date to present it to the United Nations Security Council for a vote.
France’s Sarkozy hopes to cement comeback as party votes for leader
PARIS (Reuters) – Nicolas Sarkozy’s hopes of running for a new French presidential term in 2017 faced a crucial first test on Saturday as members of his crisis-ridden conservative UMP party voted for a new leader.
Fifteen dead, 14 hurt in attack in China’s Xinjiang: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed when a group threw explosives into a crowded street where vendors were selling food in China’s restive region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
Candidate backed by pro-independence party claims victory in Taipei mayor race
TAIPEI (Reuters) – An independent candidate backed by Taiwan’s opposition, pro-independence party on Saturday claimed victory in local elections as the next mayor of Taipei, breaking the ruling party’s 16-year hold on the island’s capital.
