Thai government supporters fear July poll disruption
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai government supporters welcomed on Thursday the prospect of a July election and said the Election Commission had to prevent disruption by anti-government protesters who insist that reforms are brought in before any vote.
EU peacekeepers take charge at Central African Republic airport, violence rages
BRUSSELS/BANGUI (Reuters) – European Union peacekeepers took charge of security at Central African Republic’s main airport on Wednesday in their first major operation to try and end months of sectarian slaughter.
Mexico votes to allow civilian trials for soldiers
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican lawmakers on Wednesday approved legislation that would allow soldiers accused of committing crimes against non-military personnel to be tried in civilian courts.
Brazil’s Rousseff lowers taxes for workers as popularity drops
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday announced lower taxes for workers and a hike in stipends for the poor as her popularity ebbs five months before elections.
Ukraine’s restive east slipping from government’s grasp
HORLIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Pro-Moscow separatists seized government offices in more Ukrainian towns on Wednesday, in a further sign that authorities in Kiev are losing control of the country’s eastern industrial heartland bordering Russia.
Northern Ireland police arrest Gerry Adams over 1972 murder
BELFAST/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Northern Ireland police arrested Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams on Wednesday as part of an investigation into one of the province’s most controversial murders, a move likely to cause a political earthquake in Belfast and Dublin…
Iraqis vote as violence grips a divided country
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq held a democratic vote to choose a leader with no foreign troops present for the first time on Wednesday, as Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought to hold power for a third term in a country again consumed by sectarian b…
U.S. says al Qaeda core weak, but affiliates still threaten
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Wednesday that while al Qaeda’s Pakistan-based “core organization” had been severely degraded, affiliates of the militant group in Africa and the Middle East were becoming more “operationally autonomous”…
EU peacekeepers take charge at Central African Republic airport, violence rages
BRUSSELS/BANGUI (Reuters) – European Union peacekeepers took charge of security at Central African Republic’s main airport on Wednesday in their first major operation to try and end months of sectarian slaughter.
Air strike on Aleppo school kills 18: Syrian activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike on a school in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces killed at least 18 people on Wednesday, mainly children, a day after attacks on government-controlled cities killed more than 100 peop…
