UK’s Cameron steps up campaign to stop Juncker getting top EU job
HARPSUND Sweden/LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron stepped up his campaign to stop Jean-Claude Juncker becoming the next president of the European Commission on Monday, moving to outflank the European Parliament and forge an allian…
More than two dozen dead as Taliban assault Pakistan’s main airport
KARACHI (Reuters) – Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed into Pakistan’s busiest airport on Sunday night, triggering an all-night battle in which at least 27 people were killed.
India’s Modi calls for greater cooperation with China
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged greater cooperation with China on Monday and said he planned to visit Beijing soon, underlining his administration’s promise to make a new beginning with the country’s giant neighbor.
Minister quits deadlocked South African platinum strike talks
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Wage talks between South Africa’s AMCU union and major platinum producers were deadlocked on Monday, prompting the mining minister to abandon his mediation role and dashing hopes for an end to a strike that is pushing the economy t…
Sisi keeps Egyptian premier to fix economy after turmoil
CAIRO (Reuters) – Newly inaugurated President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reappointed Egypt’s prime minister on Monday, signaling continuity as he sets out to fix the economy and overcome political divisions after a long period of turmoil and bloodshed.
Eurofighter jet crashes at Spanish base, killing pilot
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish Eurofighter jet crashed on Monday just before landing at an air base near Seville shared with the United States, killing the pilot, the Defence Ministry said.
Greek government names economist as finance minister in cabinet reshuffle
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s government named economist Gikas Hardouvelis as finance minister on Monday, replacing Yannis Stournaras, who has steered Greece towards economic recovery after it nearly crashed out of the euro zone in 2012.
ICC ready to put Congolese warlord on trial
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Prosecutors have presented enough evidence to justify putting on trial a Congolese militia leader accused of rape, murder and enlisting child soldiers, judges at the International Criminal Court said on Monday.
Lebanon’s deadlocked politicians fail again to choose president
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese parliamentarians failed on Monday in their sixth attempt to elect a new president, extending the political vacuum that emerged when former President Michel Suleiman’s term ended two weeks ago.
Child graves prompt Irish to ask why so many babies died in Church care
CASTLEPOLLARD Ireland (Reuters) – In the leafy grounds of a center for the disabled in rural central Ireland, a small tombstone hints at the building’s previous role as a “mother-and-baby home”. It reads: “In Memory of God’s Special Angels”.
