Fighting strains Ukraine ceasefire, Putin urges dialogue
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting flared between Ukrainian and pro-Moscow separatist forces, both sides reported on Sunday, further straining a unilateral ceasefire declared by Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin pressed Kiev to talk to the rebe…
Poroshenko’s Ukraine peace plan gets limited support from Putin
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday voiced limited support for Ukraine’s unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, but told President Petro Poroshenko there had to be talks with the rebels to prevent the…
Accusations of election fraud gather pace in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – The party of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah broadcast audio on Sunday that it said showed mass fraud had been committed in an election that aims to transfer power democratically in the country for the first time.
Nigeria’s ruling party takes state in closely watched vote
ONITSHA Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s ruling party toppled the main opposition candidate in a state governorship vote this weekend, officials said, giving President Goodluck Jonathan a boost ahead of national polls next year.
Spaniards want new king to play greater role in politics: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Most Spaniards want their new king, Felipe, to play a greater role in politics and build bridges between the country’s divided parties and regions, a poll showed on Sunday.
Party rebels, strikers test France’s tough-guy PM
PARIS (Reuters) – Manuel Valls, the tough-guy prime minister named by Francois Hollande to speed up France’s economic reforms, is facing his trickiest challenge yet as striking railworkers, rebel back-benchers and even angry actors test his resolve.
Four miners found shot dead at a South Africa gold mine
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Four suspected illegal miners were found dead with gun shots wounds to the head at a gold mine near Johannesburg, South African police said on Sunday.
Another brother of South Korea ferry disaster fugitive arrested
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police arrested a younger brother of the country’s most wanted man, a businessman linked to a ferry disaster in which hundreds of school children drowned, on Sunday as authorities cast a wide net for the fugitive’s family…
Renegade general urges Turks, Qataris to leave east Libya
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – A Libyan renegade general has called on all Turks and Qataris to leave volatile eastern Libya, accusing the two countries of supporting “terrorism”, his spokesman said on Sunday.
Once a European star, Sweden heads to vote with reform fatigue
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – When Sweden’s leftist opposition leader, a former welder, visited a disused factory in an old industrial town on his campaign trail, it was not to lament a bygone era but to tour new luxury apartments selling at around $6,000 a sq…
