Hong Kong warns protesters not to return after clashes close government HQ
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists forced the temporary closure of government headquarters on Monday after clashing with police, defying orders to retreat after more than two months of sustained protests in the Chinese…
Merkel says Cameron not jeopardizing EU’s freedom of movement
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was pleased British Prime Minister David Cameron had upheld the freedom of movement for EU workers in plans unveiled last week on migrant rights.
Swiss immigration vote flop brings relief but no resolution
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government avoided a new headache on Sunday when voters rejected a popular initiative to impose radical immigration curbs, but the result is unlikely to lend it any leverage in talks with the European Union related to migra…
Putin says Russia will drop South Stream if EU does not approve it
ANKARA (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia could not carry on with the South Stream gas pipeline project if the European Union was opposed to it.
Protests hammer Mexican president’s popularity as elections loom
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The popularity of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has sunk amid concerns about his handling of security problems and corruption, polls showed on Monday, in a sign that his ruling party could lose ground in elections next ye…
ICC appeal judges uphold conviction of Congolese warlord Lubanga
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Appeal judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday upheld the conviction of Congolese war criminal Thomas Lubanga and confirmed his 14-year prison sentence, bringing to a close the permanent war crimes court’s first case….
Iran to turn uranium into reactor fuel under extended deal: source
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran will convert more of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel under an extended nuclear deal with world powers, making the material less suitable for building atomic bombs, a diplomatic source and a U.S. think-tank sa…
Desperate for cement and bulldozers, Gazans face winter in ruins
GAZA (Reuters) – Three months after the war in Gaza, Sadeeqa Naseer still lives in a bomb site. Air strikes turned the two upper floors of her three-storey apartment building in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun into a rubble-strewn ruin.
UK concerned by Russian testing of its air space
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday it was concerned by a sharp increase in Russian military flights close to its borders which it said were designed to test its air defenses.
Namibia’s ruling SWAPO wins presidential election with 86 percent: commission
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party cruised to victory in the 2014 presidential election with Prime Minister Hage Geingob taking 86.73 percent of all declared votes, the southern African country’s electoral commission said on Monday.
