South Africa court sends Pistorius for 30 days of mental tests
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was ordered on Tuesday to undergo a month of psychiatric tests to find out whether he was criminally responsible when he shot dead his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day la…
Serbia declares national mourning, flood toll rises
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia on Tuesday declared three days of national mourning and reported another death in the worst rainfall to hit the Balkan region in living memory, even as the rising River Sava threatened more havoc.
Rights group says video shows Israel killed 2 Palestinians unlawfully
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A human rights group released video on Tuesday which it said showed that two teenage Palestinians shot dead by Israeli security forces during a protest last week had posed no danger and were killed unlawfully.
France delays Sahel counter-insurgency plan after Mali violence
PARIS (Reuters) – France has delayed plans to redeploy 3,000 soldiers to fight militants across Africa’s Sahel region, saying it first needs to help deal with a fresh outbreak of violence in northern Mali.
Frontrunner in Afghan elections promises to heal rift with West
KABUL (Reuters) – The frontrunner in Afghanistan’s presidential race, Abdullah Abdullah, has promised to rescue the ailing economy by healing a rift with the West and passing laws to tackle corruption and money laundering to reassure hesitant foreign d…
Ballooning Pakistan blasphemy charges engulf television stations
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s biggest television station said it was ramping up security on Tuesday after it became the object of dozens of blasphemy accusations for playing a song during an interview with an actress.
China concerned about suspected Boko Haram attack on workers in Cameroon
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it was “highly concerned” that suspected Boko Haram rebels from Nigeria had abducted Chinese workers in northern Cameroon, and urged authorities there to step up protection for its citizens.
Renegade ex-general steps into Libya’s militia fray
ALGIERS/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – When a dispute erupted over dissolving Libya’s parliament last February, a former general dressed in full army uniform made a surprise television broadcast calling on the military to “rescue” the country.
Victorious Modi fights tears in first address to Indian parliament
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Narendra Modi fought back tears in an emotional first address to his party in India’s colonnaded parliament house on Tuesday, after the Hindu nationalist swept to power in an election that has changed the face of politics in the c…
End of mandate for EU’s Ashton raises questions over Iran talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – As Iran and international negotiators work towards a July deadline to complete an accord with Tehran on its nuclear program, a practical issue may be on their minds: the looming changeover of the European Union’s foreign policy chi…
