South Africa’s Zuma turns to Gordhan’s deputy as new finance Minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma promoted deputy finance minister Nhlanhla Nene to finance minister on Sunday, replacing the widely respected Pravin Gordhan in a new cabinet line-up to start a second five-year term in office….
Even before he is crowned, India’s Modi struts the global stage
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Narendra Modi will be sworn in on Monday as India’s prime minister at a glittering ceremony that will be as much a show of his determination to be a key player on the global stage as a celebration of his stunning election victory….
Niger arrests opposition members it says trying to incite coup
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger has arrested some 40 armed opposition supporters on suspicion of attempting to destabilize the West African nation in order to incite the army to stage a coup, the country’s interior minister said.
Police hunt Brussels Jewish Museum gunman, France tightens security
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police were hunting a gunman on Sunday who shot dead two Israelis and a French woman at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, in an attack French President Francois Hollande said was without doubt motivated by anti-Semitism.
Poland’s last communist ruler Jaruzelski dies at 90: agency
WARSAW (Reuters) – General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leader who imposed martial law to crush the Solidarity movement only to hand over power less than a decade later, died aged 90 on Sunday after a long illness, the state news agency…
Yemeni forces kill senior al Qaeda leader: Defence Ministry website
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s security forces killed an al Qaeda leader suspected of attacks on foreign diplomats on Sunday, the Defence Ministry’s news website said, in a raid north of the capital Sanaa in which four other militants died and four were cap…
Suspected Islamists kill 20 in Nigeria market attack
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist gunmen opened fire on a market in a Nigerian village on Sunday, killing 20 people in the latest violence against civilians in the northeast of Africa’s top oil producer.
Colombians vote for president with peace talks in the balance
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombians voted for a president on Sunday in the tightest election in two decades that may determine whether the country continues peace talks with leftist guerrillas or steps up its battlefield offensive to end a 50-year war.
Car bomb kills 13 in Syria’s Homs: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 13 people were killed when a car bomb exploded on a busy roundabout in the central Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
Iran hangs first of four men over Ahmadinejad-era bank scandal
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has hanged the first of four men sentenced to death for a massive financial scam that tainted the government of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, local media reported on Sunday.
