Rush hour bombs targeting Shi’ites kill 24 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of car bombs exploded across Baghdad at rush hour on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people in the deadliest attacks since last month’s election, from which votes are still being counted.
Italy threatens to release refugees into EU unless help increases
ROME (Reuters) – Italy threatened to allow refugees to cross its borders into neighboring countries on Tuesday unless the European Union takes charge of a sea operation to manage the flow of migrants crossing in boats from North Africa.
Jordanian envoy to Libya freed, Jordan sends back jailed militant
AMMAN (Reuters) – Kidnappers freed Jordan’s ambassador to Libya and he said on his arrival home on Tuesday that in exchange his government had sent back to Tripoli a Libyan Islamist militant who had been serving a life sentence for a bombing plot.
Anti-graft chief to oversee Italy’s Expo after arrests
MILAN (Reuters) – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has enlisted the head of Italy’s new anti-bribery authority to help salvage preparations for next year’s world fair Expo 2015 in Milan after a high-profile corruption scandal that risks disrupting the lucra…
South African police deploy in platinum belt as strike breaks
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa sent more police to the strike-hit platinum belt on Tuesday to protect miners returning to work this week as producers pushed ahead with plans to end the sector’s longest and most costly bout of industria…
U.S., China spar again on South China Seas dispute
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – China hit back at the United States over the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday, after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said recent Chinese moves in the resource-rich waters were “provocative”.
U.N. expecting to feed 6.5 million Ethiopians this year
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Food Programme will help to feed nearly 6.5 million Ethiopians this year, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday, with the country hit by locusts, neighboring war and sparse rainfall.
Slow progress in IAEA investigation may complicate Iran nuclear talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Signs that a U.N. watchdog investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Iran is making little progress could further complicate broader diplomatic efforts to end the decade-old nuclear dispute that resume in Vienna this week….
Saudi foreign minister says has invited Iranian counterpart to visit
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has invited Iran’s foreign minister to visit, Riyadh’s counterpart said on Tuesday, hinting at a cautious thaw between the Gulf’s two biggest, most bitter rivals since Tehran reached an interim nuclear deal with world po…
Technology trumps tradition in bid to end South Africa mine strike
MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) – When the world’s top three platinum firms opted to tackle South Africa’s worst mining strike by sidestepping the militant AMCU union, they faced a huge logistical challenge: how to contact 70,000 men spread across the …
