Abe’s coalition secures big Japan election win with record low turnout
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition cruised to a big election win on Sunday, ensuring he will stick to reflationary economic policies and a muscular security stance, but record low turnout pointed to broad dissatisfaction w…
Hamas holds Gaza military parade, vows Israel’s destruction
GAZA (Reuters) – Vowing to destroy Israel, Hamas paraded some 2,000 of its armed fighters and truck-mounted rockets through Gaza on Sunday, marking its 27th anniversary with its biggest show of force since the end of the Gaza war this summer.
Sweden says Russian military jet in near collision with passenger plane
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Russian military jet nearly collided with a commercial passenger airplane in international airspace near southern Sweden on Friday, Swedish authorities said, but Russia insisted its jet had kept at a safe distance.
UK coalition partner accuses Cameron of ‘devastating’ spending cuts
LONDON (Reuters) – The junior partner in Britain’s two-party coalition government, the Liberal Democrats, on Sunday accused Prime Minister David Cameron of planning “devastating” spending cuts, their latest attempt to differentiate themselves before ne…
Venezuela’s Maduro says ‘no rush’ to hike world’s cheapest gasoline
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro said there was “no rush” to hike the world’s cheapest gasoline prices, suggesting the increasingly unpopular president has shied away from implementing the risky domestic reform in the near future amid an …
EU’s Russia debate a challenge for top diplomat Mogherini
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy’s Federica Mogherini pledged as European Union foreign policy chief that the EU would play a stronger role in tackling world crises. Her resolve is about to be tested as the bloc debates whether it is time to mend its relatio…
Haiti’s prime minister Laurent Lamothe resigns amid protests
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s prime minister, Laurent Lamothe, succumbed to domestic and international pressure on Sunday and announced he would resign in a televised address in the middle of night.
French voters like Merkel, back German reform example: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – A majority of French voters view Germany’s Angela Merkel positively and want their government to emulate her reforms, according to a poll published on Sunday, revealing a sharp contrast to President Francois Hollande’s own dismal rati…
Angry Afghan president vows security shake-up after Taliban attacks surge
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s new President Ashraf Ghani vowed to shake up security in the capital Kabul in an angry speech on Sunday and denounced a recent surge in Taliban attacks on civilian and military targets as “un-Islamic”. In recent weeks, A…
Fighting near Libya’s main border crossing to Tunisia
TRIPOLI/TUNIS (Reuters) – Fighting between armed factions allied to Libya’s competing governments broke out on Sunday near the country’s main border crossing to Tunisia, Libyan and Tunisian officials said.
