Greece’s leftist Syriza party fares well in key local races
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist Syriza party performed strongly in key races in the first round of local elections on Sunday, as voters poured out their anger at the government’s austerity policies.
Mali sends troops to retake town from Tuareg separatists
KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) – Mali sent in troops on Sunday to retake Kidal from Tuareg separatists after six government workers and two civilians were murdered, according to the United Nations, during an attack on the regional governor’s office.
Turkey keeps three suspects in custody in mine disaster probe
SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) – A Turkish court ordered three suspects to be kept in custody on Sunday on a provisional charge of “causing multiple deaths” in last week’s mine disaster, as the last of the 301 victims were buried.
As many as 26 Colombian children killed in fire on church bus
BOGOTA (Reuters) – As many as 26 people, most believed to be children, were killed and others injured in northern Colombia when fire broke out on a bus taking them to a church event, local media reported.
Balkans flooding threatens Serbia power plants, 37 dead
KOSTOLAC, Serbia/DOBOJ, Bosnia (Reuters) – Soldiers, police and villagers battled to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters on Sunday as the death toll from the Balkan region’s worst rainfall in more than a century reached 37.
Tamils say barred from commemorating war dead, Sri Lanka denies
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Minority ethnic Tamils said on Sunday they had been banned from commemorating the deaths of their relatives five years ago in the final battle of a 26-year war with Sri Lanka’s military, a charge denied by the army.
Voting ends in Guinea-Bissau post-coup presidential run-off
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s presidential frontrunner sought to dispel fears of potential meddling by the chronically unstable nation’s army as voters cast their ballots on Sunday in a run-off election meant to draw a line under a 2012 military c…
Colombia election candidate says Zuluaga should quit race over spying
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A candidate in Colombia’s presidential elections next Sunday has called on the leading opposition candidate, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, to quit the race after new video evidence of spying by his campaign consultant on peace talks with lefti…
Swiss voters reject world’s highest minimum wage, block fighter jets
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters on Sunday rejected proposals to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage and spend $3.5 billion buying new Gripen fighter jets from Saab.
Crimean Tatars commemorate Soviet deportation despite ban
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Defying a ban by their new Russian-backed rulers, thousands of Crimean Tatars gathered at a mosque on Sunday to commemorate the day 70 years ago the mass deportation of their families began under the orders of Soviet lead…
