Irish PM’s party slumps to second place in local polls
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish prime minister Enda Kenny’s ruling party looked set to slump to second place in local elections on Sunday, a surprise result that will complicate an austerity program to be completed this year to cut a still-high budget deficit…
Libyan premier wins congress backing after renegade general’s threats
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s new Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq won a vote of confidence from parliament on Sunday in defiance of a renegade former army general who has challenged the assembly’s legitimacy.
Poland’s last communist ruler Jaruzelski dies at 90
WARSAW (Reuters) – General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leader who imposed martial law to crush the Solidarity movement only to hand over power less than a decade later, died aged 90 on Sunday after a long illness, a military hospital i…
South Africa’s Zuma turns to Gordhan’s deputy as new finance Minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma promoted deputy finance minister Nhlanhla Nene to finance minister on Sunday, replacing the widely respected Pravin Gordhan in a new cabinet line-up to start a second five-year term in office….
Even before he is crowned, India’s Modi struts the global stage
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Narendra Modi will be sworn in on Monday as India’s prime minister at a glittering ceremony that will be as much a show of his determination to be a key player on the global stage as a celebration of his stunning election victory….
Niger arrests opposition members it says trying to incite coup
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger has arrested some 40 armed opposition supporters on suspicion of attempting to destabilize the West African nation in order to incite the army to stage a coup, the country’s interior minister said.
Police hunt Brussels Jewish Museum gunman, France tightens security
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police were hunting a gunman on Sunday who shot dead two Israelis and a French woman at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, in an attack French President Francois Hollande said was without doubt motivated by anti-Semitism.
Poland’s last communist ruler Jaruzelski dies at 90: agency
WARSAW (Reuters) – General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leader who imposed martial law to crush the Solidarity movement only to hand over power less than a decade later, died aged 90 on Sunday after a long illness, the state news agency…
Yemeni forces kill senior al Qaeda leader: Defence Ministry website
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s security forces killed an al Qaeda leader suspected of attacks on foreign diplomats on Sunday, the Defence Ministry’s news website said, in a raid north of the capital Sanaa in which four other militants died and four were cap…
Suspected Islamists kill 20 in Nigeria market attack
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist gunmen opened fire on a market in a Nigerian village on Sunday, killing 20 people in the latest violence against civilians in the northeast of Africa’s top oil producer.
