Italy’s president may resign early in coming months: commentators
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano, who reluctantly agreed to a second term in 2013 at a time of political crisis, may step down in January, five years before the end of his term, political commentators said on Sunday.
One dead in Kenya’s Mombasa after riots over killing
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – One person was killed in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday after youths rioted to protest against the killing of an alleged Islamist militant.
Bomb explodes in Libyan town as U.N. envoy meets PM Thinni
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – A bomb exploded on Sunday in an eastern Libyan town where a U.N. special envoy was due to meet Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni, but there were no casualties, officials said.
Xi calls for China, Taiwan to set aside differences
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Taiwan on Sunday to set aside their differences after a rocky patch in ties that saw Beijing rebuke the island for supporting pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
Bahrain’s Justice Ministry ends action against Waad opposition
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Bahrain has dropped a case filed four months ago to suspend the activities of an opposition political group, the state news agency BNA said on Sunday, in a move that could ease tensions ahead of general elections.
Poor poll rating heaps pressure on UK opposition leader Miliband
LONDON (Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Ed Miliband, faced fresh pressure on Sunday as a poll showed backing for his leadership among party supporters had fallen sharply, days after he was forced to dismiss rumors of a plot …
Pass the salt, not the politics: Catalan families split over independence
SANT CUGAT DEL VALLES Spain (Reuters) – The nine-member Vecino family are in many ways a close-knit southern European clan. They live minutes from one another, share school runs and enjoy home-cooked rice dishes.
Canada PM says raised case of detained couple with China’s Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Sunday he had raised concerns about China’s detention of a Canadian couple near the North Korean border during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Security framework eyed as way out of Ukraine crisis
PARIS (Reuters) – Even as tension in Ukraine mounts anew, veteran diplomats are starting to think quietly about a way out of the worst East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War.
Lebanon’s Druze community fearful as Syria’s war moves closer
RASHAYA Lebanon (Reuters) – On mountains close to the Syrian border, members of Lebanon’s minority Druze sect say they are ready to defend their towns and villages with arms if the civil war next raging door gets much nearer.
