Court allows German president to call far-right NPD ‘nutcases’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s president did not breach the constitution when he described a far-right party as “nutcases”, the country’s top court ruled on Tuesday.
Egypt’s ultraconservative Islamists back Sisi, seek to eclipse Brotherhood
ABU HOMOS Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt’s ultra-conservative Islamist Al Nour party is voicing interest in joining President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s new government as part of a strategy to replace the banned Moslem Brotherhood as the country’s most influentia…
Turkey needs new coal mining law after disaster: commission head
SOMA Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey needs a new coal mining law to prevent a repeat of its worst ever industrial disaster in which 301 workers were killed, the head of a commission investigating the incident said on Tuesday.
Kosovo opposition says uniting, may thwart Thaci’s bid for new term
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Three opposition parties in Kosovo said on Tuesday they had united and planned to form a government, trying to undercut Prime Minister Hashim Thaci whose ruling PDK party won an election but was left seeking partners.
Turkish truck drivers held in Iraq thought to be unharmed: official
ANKARA (Reuters) – A group of Turkish truck drivers being held by suspected militants from an al Qaeda splinter group in northern Iraq are thought to be unharmed and could be released soon, a Turkish official said on Tuesday.
Iraqi PM asks parliament to declare state of emergency after insurgents seize Mosu
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Sunni Islamist insurgents seized control of most of the country’s second largest city, Mosul.
Taliban gunmen attack Karachi airport academy in second assault
KARACHI Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for an attack on a security academy at Karachi’s airport on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after an all-night siege by Taliban gunmen at Pakistan’s busiest airport that kill…
Defying Russian warnings, Moldova and Georgia head for EU pact
CHISINAU/TBILISI (Reuters) – Undeterred by the conflict triggered by Ukraine’s swing towards Europe, the former Soviet republics of Moldova and Georgia will sign a trade and political pact with the European Union this month with Russia warning both cou…
Days after politician shot dead, another killed in north India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Two men on a motorcycle shot dead on Monday a politician from the ruling party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh, the second such killing in a week, prompting concern about lawlessness in the northern state.
Suspected Nigerian militants kidnap up to 30 women: media
ABUJA (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist Boko Haram militants have kidnapped up to 30 women from nomadic settlements in Nigeria’s northeast, close to where the group abducted more than 200 schoolgirls, residents and Nigerian media said.
