South African opposition DA drafts in black figurehead for vote
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele will run for president for the Democratic Alliance (DA) in this year’s South African election, giving the main opposition party a prominent black figurehead to challenge the ruling ANC.
Iraq says Syria war spillover hinders oilfields, pipelines
LONDON (Reuters) – Spillover attacks from the civil war in Syria have hindered development of Iraq’s gas and oil reserves and a major pipeline to the Mediterranean has been blown up dozens of times, Iraq’s top energy official said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: Libyan port rebels see deal possible within weeks
AJDABIYA, Libya (Reuters) – A deal to lift an armed blockade of Libyan oil ports and restart exports could be possible within two weeks after talks with the government advanced on key demands, a senior leader of the protest movement said.
Bosnian Serb allies Mladic, Karadzic side by side in war crimes court
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb wartime leaders Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic appeared together for the first time before a U.N. war crimes court on Tuesday and Mladic sidestepped questions from his old ally relating to charges of conspiring to …
Japan’s former PM questions Abe’s energy policy, diplomacy
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo’s consumption of nuclear power is “selfish” and unsustainable since the Japanese capital hosts no nuclear reactors, former prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa said on Tuesday, questioning the government’s energy policy.
Fighting erupts in Philippines as final peace deal nears
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine troops have killed about 17 members of a Muslim rebel faction, officials said, underscoring volatility in the resource-rich south as the government and the main rebel group enter the final, delicate stage of a peace proces…
Colombia prison fire kills nine, injures dozens: media reports
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A fire that broke out in a prison in northern Colombia late on Monday has killed at least nine and injured dozens after a fight between inmates following routine inspections for drugs and weapons, local media reports said.
Police find man hanged at London house as Deutsche Bank reports executive death
LONDON (Reuters) – London police said on Tuesday they had found the body of a man hanging in a house in central London, after Deutsche bank had announced the death of its former executive William Broeksmit.
Istanbul gun attack heightens violence fears ahead of local polls
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants opened fire with rifles on the offices of a leading Istanbul mayoral candidate late on Monday, a day after a opposition party official was shot dead, raising concerns about violence ahead of March local elec…
Iraq will take action if Kurds export oil before deal reached
LONDON (Reuters) – Iraq will take action, including fiscal measures, if the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) exports oil before an agreement is reached with Baghdad, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani said at a conference in Lon…
