Opposition to Thai coup simmers, ex-PM in ‘safe place’
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was in a “safe place” on Saturday after being held by the army following a coup, an aide said, as opposition to the takeover grew among her supporters and pro-democracy activists.
Ecuador’s president backs indefinite re-elections, coy about his plans
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa on Saturday backed a constitutional change to allow politicians to run indefinitely, potentially paving the way for the leftist himself to seek the top job again in 2017.
Irish coalition suffers local poll setback as Sinn Fein surges
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s coalition government suffered a bruising setback at local elections on Saturday as the opposition Sinn Fein party made major gains to capitalize on frustration over six years of relentless austerity cuts.
EU set for election ‘Super Sunday,’ with far-right vote in spotlight
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European elections reach their culmination on “Super Sunday” when the remaining 20 of the EU’s 28 countries go to the polls, with the vote expected to confirm the dominance of pro-European centrists despite a rise in support for th…
Ukraine defends vote despite unrest, Putin pledges ‘respect’
KIEV/DONETSK (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin promised that Russia would work with the new Ukrainian administration formed after a presidential election on Sunday that the Kiev government said on Saturday would anchor the ex-Soviet state to the West.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram kills 28 in three village attacks
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist Boko Haram gunmen rampaged through three villages in northern Nigeria, killing 28 people and burning houses to the ground in a pattern of violence that has become almost a daily occurrence, according to…
Botched suicide bombing in Nigeria’s Jos kills bomber: witness
JOS (Reuters) – A botched suicide bombing that was meant to target an open air viewing of a football match in the central Nigerian city of Jos killed just the bomber, a witness told Reuters.
U.S. may act to keep Chinese hackers out of Def Con hacker event
DENVER/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Washington is considering using visa restrictions to prevent Chinese nationals from attending popular summer hacking conferences in Las Vegas as part of a broader effort to curb Chinese cyber espionage, a senior administrati…
Malawi high court rejects president’s call to annul elections
LILONGWE/BLANTYRE (Reuters) – Malawi’s High Court on Saturday issued an injunction stopping President Joyce Banda from interfering in the electoral process, making her earlier decision to annul national elections invalid and raising the risk of post-el…
Grenade attacks kill at least two in Djibouti: police
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – At least two people were killed by double grenade blasts at a busy restaurant popular with Westerners in Djibouti, police said on Saturday.
