Belarus detains Ukrainian soccer fans for anti-Putin chants
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus police detained dozens of Ukrainian and Belarussian football fans who shouted patriotic Ukrainian slogans and chanted abuse against Russian President Vladimir Putin at a match, a rights organisation and local media said on Fri…
Ukraine poll foresees big election win for pro-Poroshenko bloc
KIEV (Reuters) – A bloc supporting President Petro Poroshenko looks set to register a strong win in a parliamentary election in Ukraine overshadowed by the separatist conflict in the east, according to a poll published on Friday.
Germany calls arrest of news assistant in China ‘worrying’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany expressed concern on Friday about the arrest in Beijing last week of a Chinese woman who was working as a news assistant for German weekly Die Zeit and had helped the publication report on protests in Hong Kong.
100,000 Libyans flee fighting near Tripoli, UNHCR says
GENEVA (Reuters) – About 100,000 people have fled fighting near the Libyan capital Tripoli in the past three weeks, adding to a growing problem of internal displacement, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday.
Families of MH17 victims to seek damages from Dutch state: lawyer
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch relatives of victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17, downed over Ukraine in July, will hold the Dutch government liable for damages for its handling of the aftermath of the crash, a lawyer representing families said on Friday.
Slovenia names deputy PM Bulc as candidate for EU commissioner
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenia named Deputy Prime Minister Violeta Bulc on Friday as its new candidate to become a European Commissioner after former premier Alenka Bratusek quit the race.
Ireland’s Sinn Fein sees path to power in unequal recovery
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Six years of austerity have transformed former Irish Republican Army political wing Sinn Fein from nationalist outsiders to contenders to enter government, threatening the biggest shake-up of Irish politics in generations.
Pakistan says war with India ‘not an option’
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan said on Friday that war with India was not an option, but that it would respond with “full force” to any attempt to challenge its sovereignty.
Special Report: Flaws found in Ukraine’s probe of Maidan massacre
KIEV (Reuters) – For millions of Ukrainians, it was a crime against humanity. In February, more than 100 protesters were gunned down in the Maidan uprising that toppled the president, Viktor Yanukovich. The victims are now known as “the Heavenly Hundred.”
Tunisia’s Islamists ready for a coalition with old regime officials
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s main Islamist party is ready to form a coalition government with secular rivals including former officials who worked with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali before he was toppled in 2011, the party’s chief said.
