Peace at stake in Colombia’s scandal-tainted presidential vote
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombians vote on Sunday in a tightly fought presidential election that has seen the top two candidates tainted by scandal as they wrestle over the pivotal issue of how to end a five-decade insurgency by Marxist FARC rebels.
Pope’s Mideast trip a delicate dance around politics
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – With a Rabbi and a Muslim leader in tow, Pope Francis makes his first visit to the Middle East on Saturday, a delicate mission to push his vision of inter-religious dialogue as a vehicle for peace in the region.
Russia could build eight nuclear reactors for Iran
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia could sign an agreement this year to build eight new reactors for nuclear power plants in Iran, state-run Russian news agency RIA reported on Thursday, citing a source it did not identify.
Taliban offensive picks up as Afghan run-off campaign begins
KABUL (Reuters) – The last two men in the race to become Afghanistan’s next president on Thursday began a second round of campaigning ahead of the run-off election on June 14.
Economy, hostility push more Jews to quit France for Israel
PARIS (Reuters) – When Daniel, a Jewish small business-owner, first raised the idea of leaving France eight years ago, parents and friends talked him out of taking the leap. Now, he says, even some of them are considering the move themselves.
Nigerian teachers strike over kidnapped girls, killings of colleagues
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian teachers went on strike and staged rallies nationwide on Thursday in protest against the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by the Islamist Boko Haram sect and the killing of nearly as many teachers during i…
EU immigration to Britain rises as Cameron faces vote test
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of EU citizens moving to Britain rose 27 percent in 2013, an awkward statistic for Prime Minister David Cameron on the day Britons voted in European elections that an anti-immigration party looks set to win.
South Africa’s NUM union says member stabbed to death on way to work
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A member of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers was stabbed to death on his way to work at an Anglo American Platinum mine, the union said on Thursday, the fifth such killing in the past two weeks.
Russia criticizes Prince Charles over reports he likened Putin to Hitler
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia criticized Britain’s Prince Charles on Thursday over reports that he likened President Vladimir Putin to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler for annexing part of Ukraine.
‘Serious anomalies’ in Malawi vote count: President
LILONGWE (Reuters) – Malawi’s ruling People Party has found “serious irregularities” in the counting and announcement of results from the southern African nation’s May 20 election, President Joyce Banda said on Thursday, raising fears of a disputed out…
