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.
In Mursi’s village, unusual calm in a polarized Egypt
EL-ADWA Egypt (Reuters) – In the Egyptian village where Islamist President Mohamed Mursi was born, dozens of police and soldiers guard voting booths during a presidential election expected to bring the man who toppled him to power.
Swedish spy chief warns of rise of Islamist threat
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s biggest security threat comes from around 200 Islamists in the country with the potential for involvement in militant attacks, including young people radicalized after joining the war in Syria, the state’s spy chief said….
French National Front is ‘fascist, extremist’: German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Tuesday branded the French National Front party fascist and extremist after the anti-immigrant Eurosceptics shocked Europe by coming first in France’s European Parliament elections.
Turkish activists call for protests on anniversary of ‘Gezi’ unrest
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Activists behind last summer’s anti-government demonstrations in Turkey called on Tuesday for a mass protest this weekend to mark the first anniversary of the unrest, raising the prospect of renewed clashes with the police.
Greenpeace protesters board Statoil’s Arctic drilling rig
OSLO (Reuters) – Greenpeace activists boarded an oil rig in the Norwegian Arctic on Tuesday to try to stop exploration plans in the far north, and Norwegian police said they were powerless to intervene until drilling starts.
Cameroon sends troops to Nigeria border to tackle Boko Haram
DAKAR (Reuters) – Cameroon has deployed some 1,000 troops and armoured vehicles to its border region with Nigeria as it steps up its military presence to counter a rising threat from Boko Haram Islamist militants, a defence ministry spokesman said on T…
