Greek Cypriots halt peace talks with Turk Cypriots over gas row
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Greek Cypriots suspended peace talks with Turkish Cypriots on Tuesday in protest at what they called attempts by Turkey to undermine gas exploration off the ethnically divided island.
Train drivers, pilots’ strikes target German freight
BERLIN (Reuters) – Strikes by train drivers’ and pilots’ unions over pay and conditions in Germany are expected to disrupt travelers and freight inside and outside the country from Tuesday evening.
U.S. drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan dents Israeli arms exports
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s defense exports dropped by almost 13 percent in 2013 as the United States and its allies drew down forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and other foreign buyers trimmed procurement budgets, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
Ukraine acts to push through anti-corruption laws before election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s pro-Western government pressed ahead to secure new laws to tackle top-level government corruption on Tuesday, hoping to ease public discontent before an election from which it wants backing for its plan to end a separatist re…
Liberia justice minister quits, says president blocked investigation
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberia’s justice minister has stepped down, saying President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf blocked her investigation into fraud allegations against the country’s National Security Agency (NSA), which is headed by the president’s son.
Transgender activist wins landmark case in Kenyan court
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Transgender activist Audrey Mbugua won a landmark case on Tuesday when the High Court ordered the Kenya National Examinations Council to change her name on her academic certificates.
Bahrain prince does not enjoy immunity over torture claims, UK court rules
LONDON (Reuters) – A British court ruled on Tuesday that Bahraini Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who has been accused of torturing detainees in Bahrain, does not enjoy immunity from prosecution in Britain.
Floods of Ukrainian refugees seek new life in Russia
BELGOROD Russia (Reuters) – After three days trapped in a cellar by shelling, Svetlana and Sergei Divenko left their home in eastern Ukraine and fled to Russia with their two children and a single bag.
Romanian public workers stage vuvuzela pay protest
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Thousands of workers rallied in front of the offices of Romania’s leftist government on Tuesday to demand better living standards and wages, just weeks before a presidential election.
Japan, Russia leaders to meet on APEC sidelines in November
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Russian President Vladmir Putin on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing in November, the two leaders decided on Tuesday, a Japanese government official sa…
