Politics poses biggest risk to euro zone endurance
PARIS (Reuters) – With the euro zone bond market back to irrational exuberance and economic growth returning slowly if unevenly, politics rather than economics now poses the biggest threat to the long-term endurance of Europe’s single currency.
Baghdad car bombs kill 60; militants storm Ramadi university
BAGHDAD/RAMADI Iraq (Reuters) – A wave of car bombs exploded across Baghdad on Saturday, killing more than 60 people, and militants stormed a university campus in western Iraq, security and medical sources said.
Colombia’s FARC declare poll ceasefire, take a swipe at Zuluaga
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels declared a ceasefire on Saturday for a three-week period covering a tight presidential election race on June 15, campaigning for which has centered on how to end five decades of war with the guerrilla g…
Colombia’s FARC declares cease-fire for election period: local radio
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels have declared a cease-fire from June 9 to 30, covering the period of the presidential elections, local media network Caracol reported on Saturday.
Kosovo’s Thaci bids for third term, voters angry over poverty, graft
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Former guerrilla Hashim Thaci bids for a third term as prime minister of Kosovo on Sunday, under pressure from voters angry over poverty and corruption and a war crimes investigation that threatens to ensnare his former comrades-in…
Ukraine’s new leader stands up to Moscow over Crimea and Europe
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new president Petro Poroshenko said his country would never give up Crimea and would not compromise on its path towards closer ties with Europe, spelling out a defiant message to Russia in his inaugural speech on Saturday.
Dozens killed in massacre in eastern Congo
SOUTH KIVU Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Up to 37 people including women and children were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern province of South Kivu on Saturday in an attack that government officials blamed on a dispute over ca…
Oil tanker missing off Ghana coast amid report of piracy
ACCRA (Reuters) – A Liberia-flagged oil tanker has gone missing off the coast of Ghana and a senior port official told Reuters on Saturday the captain sent a distress call to say the vessel was attacked by pirates.
Baghdad car bombs kill 60; militants storm Ramadi university
BAGHDAD/RAMADI Iraq (Reuters) – A wave of car bombs exploded across Baghdad on Saturday, killing more than 60 people, and militants stormed a university campus in western Iraq, security and medical sources said.
Afghan election front-runner escapes assassination attempt
KABUL (Reuters) – Abdullah Abdullah, front-runner in Afghanistan’s presidential election, escaped assassination on Friday when two bombs blew up outside a hotel where he had just staged a rally, killing six people.
