Rebel Italian senators from Renzi’s party end protest over reforms
ROME (Reuters) – A group of rebel senators in Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s Democratic Party (PD), who staged a revolt over plans to drastically reduce the powers of the upper house, have dropped their protest, one of the group said on Tuesday.
Ukraine suspects gas pipeline blast was an attack
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Tuesday it was treating an explosion on a pipeline carrying Russian gas to the rest of Europe as a possible “act of terrorism”, intended to discredit Ukraine as a reliable supplier.
As Ukraine mulls security, some say build a wall with Russia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s leaders are puzzling over how to cut off Russian support for a separatist rebellion in the east of the country but one of its richest men thinks he has the answer.
Israel ramps up pressure on Hamas in hunt for missing teens
RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) – Israel decided on Tuesday to widen a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank after troops detained more than 40 members of the Palestinian Islamist group in sweeps conducted in tandem with a search for three missing Jewish te…
Support for Britain staying in EU at highest level in four years
LONDON (Reuters) – Support for Britain staying in the European Union is at it highest level in four years, a poll showed on Tuesday, weeks after a Eurosceptic anti-EU party won European elections in the country.
Iran, six powers seek to salvage momentum for nuclear deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers re-launched talks on Tuesday to try to salvage a deal on Tehran’s nuclear activity by a July deadline, striving to prevent a long-time standoff from descending into a wider Middle East war.
Brazil’s Rousseff gets a boost as World Cup starts well
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s hosting of the World Cup has been far from perfect but it has gone more smoothly than many expected, boosting President Dilma Rousseff’s chances for re-election in October.
Yemeni forces seek to wrest Sanaa mosque from ousted president
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni forces have surrounded a sprawling mosque complex in the capital Sanaa amid suspicions that backers of ousted autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh might use it as a launchpad to attack the presidential palace.
Main fugitive in Mali prison break suspect in French kidnap: sources
BAMAKO (Reuters) – A fugitive at the heart of a jail break in Mali’s capital on Monday was being held for his alleged role in the 2011 kidnapping of two French citizens who ended up in the hands of al Qaeda’s regional faction, sources said on Tuesday.
Protest in eastern Libyan oil port town Brega, airport closed
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Protesters have closed an airport used by oil firms in the eastern Libyan port city of Brega over the appointment of a new head of a state oil guard force, senior members of the force and state media said on Tuesday.
