Cameroon sends troops to Nigeria border to tackle Boko Haram
DAKAR (Reuters) – Cameroon has deployed some 1,000 troops and armoured vehicles to its border region with Nigeria as it steps up its military presence to counter a rising threat from Boko Haram Islamist militants, a defence ministry spokesman said on T…
Malaysia, UK firm release satellite data on missing MH370 flight
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s government and British satellite firm Inmarsat ISA.L on Tuesday released data used to determine the path of missing Malaysia Airlines MASM.KL Flight MH370, responding to a clamor from passengers’ relatives for greate…
European court says Hungary fired judge for criticizing government
STRASBOURG France (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Hungary had sacked one of its most senior judges for criticism of the government, a ruling likely to heighten EU accusations of a power grab by Prime Minister Viktor…
Next round of Iran nuclear talks set for June 16-20 in Vienna: EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The next round of talks between six world powers and Iran on resolving a dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme will be held in Vienna from June 16 to 20, the European Union said on Tuesday.
Russia seeks life sentences for men convicted of killing Anna Politkovskaya
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday to hand down life sentences for two men convicted of the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, whose killing deepened Western concerns about the rule of law under President Vladimi…
Snowden says would have much to tell German inquiry: magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former U.S intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has new information to share with a German parliamentary inquiry investigating U.S. surveillance and he believes all Germans’ rights were violated, he has told a German magazine.
French National Front is ‘fascist, extremist’: German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Tuesday branded the French National Front party fascist and extremist after the anti-immigrant Eurosceptics shocked Europe by coming first in France’s European Parliament elections.
Indian train crash kills 26, rescue operation ends
LUCKNOW India (Reuters) – A train crash in northern India killed 26 people, police said on Tuesday after a rescue operation to pull survivors and corpses from the mangled coaches concluded.
Iran readies plant needed to fulfill nuclear pact with powers
VIENNA (Reuters) – After months of delays, Iran appears to be finalizing a plant to convert a large amount of low-enriched uranium gas into an oxide form that would be less suitable for processing into nuclear bomb material, a U.N. watchdog report show…
India’s Modi prods Pakistan on terror on first days as PM
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a blunt warning to traditional neighbouring foe Pakistan on his first day in the job on Tuesday that it must prevent militants on its territory from attacking India.
