EU’s Van Rompuy not meeting Putin on Wednesday: spokesman
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A spokesman for European Council President Herman Van Rompuy denied a report by a Russian news agency that Van Rompuy would meet President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, saying he was not travelling to Moscow.
Libyan rebel leader calls U.S. Navy “pirates” after tanker seized
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A Libyan rebel leader accused the United States on Tuesday of behaving like pirates after U.S. naval forces seized an oil-laden tanker that had sailed from a rebel-held port in the east of the chaotic North African s…
Kyrgyzstan’s ruling bloc collapses over corruption charges
BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s ruling coalition fell apart on Tuesday, depriving Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev of his parliamentary majority, in a row over alleged corruption in the Central Asian nation.
North Caucasus rebel leader Umarov dead, replaced: website
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most wanted man, Doku Umarov, is dead and has been replaced as the leader of an Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus, a website that sympathizes with the militants said on Tuesday.
Ex-Guatemalan leader admits taking Taiwan bribes in U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo on Tuesday admitted to taking $2.5 million in bribes from Taiwan in exchange for continuing to recognize the country diplomatically.
Calls to escalate Russia sanctions leave EU in a quandary
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Mocked by Moscow, the European Union needs to impose far tougher sanctions over Crimea to make President Vladimir Putin sit up and pay attention, but its ability to agree them is limited – and consensus may not be achievable at all…
Students and faculty man barricades in Venezuela university city
MERIDA, Venezuela (Reuters) – An engineering student armed with a slingshot commands a barricade. A biologist with a PhD organizes residents of a rebellious barrio. A retired economist prays for the hooded youths who guard her building.
French unions see modest turnout for anti-reform protests
PARIS (Reuters) – French unions drew tens of thousands to protests on Tuesday against President Francois Hollande’s latest economic reforms, substantially lower than other union-organized demonstrations of recent years.
Suspected Guatemalan drug trafficker extradited to U.S
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala extradited to the United States on Tuesday a suspected drug trafficker wanted for ties to Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, U.S. officials said.
Hundreds of migrants storm Africa’s Spanish enclave
RABAT/MADRID (Reuters) – About 500 people forced their way into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla on Tuesday, Spanish officials said, the largest number to storm the border in almost a decade as increasing naval patrols discourage entry by sea.
