Sweden’s Palestine statement signals start of weightier global role
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s decision to recognize the Palestine state – without formally consulting its allies – may herald a wider foreign policy shift that has at its heart the aim of asserting a new diplomatic weight around the world.
Keep your courts independent, EU to tell Turkey
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will criticise Turkey on Wednesday for failing to safeguard the independence of its judges and says it wants to have more discussion on rights as part of Ankara’s bid to join the European Union, according a …
International prosecutors accuse Kenya of withholding evidence against president
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – International prosecutors accused the Kenyan government on Tuesday of failing to hand over phone and bank records they said could help them show President Uhuru Kenyatta paid people to take part in post-election violence in 2007.
U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan kill at least eight suspected militants
DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) – Missiles from U.S. drones hit a gathering of militants and a suspected training camp in northwest Pakistan in two separate attacks on Tuesday, killing at least 8 people, intelligence officials said.
Central African Republic militias call for president, PM to step down
BANGUI (Reuters) – Christian militias in Central African Republic have called for the president and prime minister to resign and have ordered their ministers to pull out of the government, striking a blow to efforts aimed at quelling violence in the co…
Thai martial law to stay until sweeping reforms in place: PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Tuesday dismissed calls to lift martial law, saying it would continue until sweeping national reforms are in place, despite calls by tourism bodies to scrap a measure that has deterred many v…
EU’s Juncker ready to switch team to win parliament backing: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The incoming head of the EU executive, Jean-Claude Juncker, is under pressure to drop one of his team and reshuffle nominees in a deal with parliamentary leaders to get his line-up confirmed in office, sources in the EU legislature…
Bulgarian president warns against new elections
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s president and business leaders urged politicians on Tuesday to agree on a new government and avoid another election after a weekend snap poll delivered a messy result that raises the threat of further instability in the Bal…
Thousands flee homes amid India-Pakistan clashes
SRINAGAR India (Reuters) – Thousands of Indians fled their homes in the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire again, a day after the highest civilian death toll in a single day in more than a decade.
Piracy expected to increase ahead of Nigeria’s election
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Piracy will increase in the Gulf of Guinea as Nigeria prepares for an election next February in order to funnel ransom money into campaign financing, intelligence experts told a shipping conference in Copenhagen on Tuesday.
