Ukraine says repulses separatist mortar attacks
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists attacked Ukrainian military checkpoints and other strategic points in eastern Ukraine overnight but they were beaten off with only minor casualties on the Ukrainian side, a government forces spokesman said on Tu…
Ireland to investigate adoptions, baby deaths at church homes
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish government has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the treatment of children at Catholic church homes for unmarried mothers, including accusations of forced adoptions and unusually high mortality rates among children…
Egypt’s Sisi tells Interior Minister to fight sexual harassment
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered the interior minister to fight sexual harassment following the arrest of seven men for attacking women near Cairo’s Tahrir Square during his inauguration celebrations, his office sai…
Right-winger Reuven Rivlin elected Israel’s president
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Reuven Rivlin, a right-wing legislator opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state, was elected Israel’s president on Tuesday to replace the dovish Shimon Peres in the largely ceremonial post. Rivlin, 74, is a member of Prime M…
Turkey needs new coal mining law after disaster: commission head
SOMA Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey needs a new coal mining law to prevent a repeat of its worst ever industrial disaster in which 301 workers were killed, the head of a commission investigating the incident said on Tuesday.
Court allows German president to call far-right NPD ‘nutcases’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s president did not breach the constitution when he described a far-right party as “nutcases”, the country’s top court ruled on Tuesday.
Egypt’s ultraconservative Islamists back Sisi, seek to eclipse Brotherhood
ABU HOMOS Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt’s ultra-conservative Islamist Al Nour party is voicing interest in joining President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s new government as part of a strategy to replace the banned Moslem Brotherhood as the country’s most influentia…
Turkey needs new coal mining law after disaster: commission head
SOMA Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey needs a new coal mining law to prevent a repeat of its worst ever industrial disaster in which 301 workers were killed, the head of a commission investigating the incident said on Tuesday.
Kosovo opposition says uniting, may thwart Thaci’s bid for new term
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Three opposition parties in Kosovo said on Tuesday they had united and planned to form a government, trying to undercut Prime Minister Hashim Thaci whose ruling PDK party won an election but was left seeking partners.
Turkish truck drivers held in Iraq thought to be unharmed: official
ANKARA (Reuters) – A group of Turkish truck drivers being held by suspected militants from an al Qaeda splinter group in northern Iraq are thought to be unharmed and could be released soon, a Turkish official said on Tuesday.
