Nigeria’s ruling party takes state in closely watched vote
ONITSHA Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ruling party toppled the main opposition candidate in a state governorship vote this weekend, officials said, giving President Goodluck Jonathan a boost ahead of national polls next year.
Spaniards want new king to play greater role in politics: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Most Spaniards want their new king, Felipe, to play a greater role in politics and build bridges between the country’s divided parties and regions, a poll showed on Sunday.
Party rebels, strikers test France’s tough-guy PM
PARIS (Reuters) – Manuel Valls, the tough-guy prime minister named by Francois Hollande to speed up France’s economic reforms, is facing his trickiest challenge yet as striking railworkers, rebel back-benchers and even angry actors test his resolve.
Four miners found shot dead at a South Africa gold mine
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Four suspected illegal miners were found dead with gun shots wounds to the head at a gold mine near Johannesburg, South African police said on Sunday.
Another brother of South Korea ferry disaster fugitive arrested
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police arrested a younger brother of the country’s most wanted man, a businessman linked to a ferry disaster in which hundreds of school children drowned, on Sunday as authorities cast a wide net for the fugitive’s family…
Renegade general urges Turks, Qataris to leave east Libya
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – A Libyan renegade general has called on all Turks and Qataris to leave volatile eastern Libya, accusing the two countries of supporting “terrorism”, his spokesman said on Sunday.
Once a European star, Sweden heads to vote with reform fatigue
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – When Sweden’s leftist opposition leader, a former welder, visited a disused factory in an old industrial town on his campaign trail, it was not to lament a bygone era but to tour new luxury apartments selling at around $6,000 a sq…
South Africa says Zuma ‘fine’, plays down report of poor health
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s health is “fine”, his spokesman said on Sunday, playing down a newspaper report that heart problems, diabetes and high blood pressure caused the leader’s brief hospitalization two weeks ago….
Kerry to discuss possible oil supply disruptions from Iraq conflict-official
CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss with Gulf countries this week possible oil disruptions from the Iraq conflict, a senior State Department official said on Sunday.
South Korea troops surround soldier who killed five comrades
SEOUL (Reuters) – The parents of a South Korean conscript soldier who killed five comrades in a grenade and gun attack pleaded with him to surrender on Sunday, after he exchanged fire with troops who had tracked him down near a school close to the Nort…
