French opposition chief quits amid party funding probe
PARIS (Reuters) – The chairman of France’s conservative opposition party UMP, Jean-Francois Cope, bowed to pressure on Tuesday to step down amid an investigation into party funding, throwing open the race for the UMP nomination for president in 2017.
U.S. says cannot corroborate Nigerian claim it has located girls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it did not have independent information to confirm Nigeria’s claim to know the whereabouts of more than 200 kidnapped girls and questioned the wisdom of making public such information.
Demonstrators storm president’s headquarters in Abkhazia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Demonstrators stormed the presidential headquarters in Georgia’s Russian-backed breakaway province of Abkhazia on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of a leader they accuse of corruption and misrule, Interfax reported.
Al Shabaab claims responsibility for Djibouti suicide attack
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali rebel group al Shabaab was behind the restaurant attack in Djibouti by two suicide bombers over the weekend that killed a Turkish national and wounded several Western soldiers, the militants said on Tuesday.
Estonia exercise shows NATO’s growing worry about cyber attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It started with hactivists defacing websites and a e-mails pointing users to links that stole data.
Pakistan woman stoned to death by family for marrying man she loved
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) – A 25-year-old woman was stoned to death by her family outside one of Pakistan’s top courts on Tuesday in a so-called “honor” killing for marrying the man she loved, police said.
Demonstrators storm president’s HQ in Abkhazia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dozens of demonstrators stormed the presidential headquarters in Georgia’s Russian-backed breakaway province of Abkhazia on Tuesday after a protest against alleged corruption and misrule, Russian news agency Interfax reported.
Merkel reaffirms Juncker is center-right candidate to lead EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed on Tuesday that former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker was her center-right group’s candidate to head the European Commission but acknowledged that no party had a majority.
Populist advances set to hobble EU integration
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Stunning gains by anti-EU and populist parties in the European Parliament elections will prevent any new treaty on deeper euro zone integration for the foreseeable future and may tilt Europe’s economic policy mix more towards expan…
Ferocity of Ukraine clashes increases risks for Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – An army assault on pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine will not have taken Vladimir Putin by surprise, but the ferocity of the clashes may have – and could be a game-changer if they spin out of control.
