EU aid chief says race against rain to stop famine in South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Humanitarian aid groups are in a “race against the rain to prevent famine” in impoverished South Sudan where violence has displaced more than one million people in the past four months, European Union aid chief Kristalina Geo…
Gandhi daughter steps up to fight for India’s Congress party
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s sister clashed with an estranged cousin running in the election on an opposition ticket on Tuesday, in a new sign of aggression that partymen hope will draw her deeper into active politics to …
France arrests former Egyptian finance minister on Interpol warrant
PARIS (Reuters) – Former Egyptian finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali was arrested in France this week on an international warrant over corruption charges from his time in Hosni Mubarak’s government, the French foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Poland’s PM says daughter gets more security after death threats
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s prime minister said on Tuesday security for his daughter has been increased after she received many death threats vowing to avenge the “murder” of people killed in the 2010 crash of a government jet in Smolensk, Russia.
China angered by Britain’s report on human rights, cancels talks
BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) – China accused Britain on Tuesday of interfering in its domestic affairs after the British government criticized Beijing’s human rights record.
Suspected Qaeda militants kill deputy governor in central Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – Suspected al Qaeda militants shot dead the deputy governor of Yemen’s central province of al-Bayda on Tuesday, a security official said.
Suspected Islamist rebels abduct over 100 Nigerian schoolgirls: teacher
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist insurgents have abducted more than 100 female students in a night raid on a government secondary school in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, a teacher said on Tuesday.
Serbia eyes renewed coalition of center-right and Socialists
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s center-right Progressive Party, which won the March election by a landslide, said on Tuesday it had offered a place in a coalition government to the Socialists of outgoing Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, despite deep differenc…
Rouhani says Iran sanctions will unravel in months
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday international sanctions on Iran would unravel in months following negotiations with world powers on its nuclear program, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Bolivia’s Morales files Hague documents in sea access claim against Chile
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales personally handed over documents at the International Court of Justice on Tuesday that support his country’s claim against Chile in an ongoing case that it hopes will win it back the sea access it lo…
