Santos holds lead in Colombia election opinion poll but rival gains
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos maintained his clear lead in voting intentions ahead of May 25 elections, a Gallup poll published on Tuesday showed, but his nearest rival, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, continued to gain support.
U.N. chief urges South Sudan’s Kiir help end violence, anti-U.N. campaign
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Tuesday to publicly call for an end to a “negative campaign” against U.N. peacekeepers and to bring to justice those responsible for attacks there o…
Pakistan should investigate spy agency over journalist attacks: Amnesty
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities should investigate the country’s powerful spy agency for human rights abuses against journalists following a spate of attacks on leading reporters, London-based Amnesty International said in a report publishe…
Italy court says Knox murdered flatmate over argument, not orgy
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – The Italian court that found American student Amanda Knox guilty of murder in January, said on Tuesday she had killed her British flatmate because of a domestic argument, rather than during a sex game, and that she herself h…
U.S. offers $5 million for Chinese businessman accused of Iran dealings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States offered a reward of up to $5 million on Tuesday for a Chinese businessman accused of supplying missile parts to Iran, and targeted companies from China and Dubai for allegedly helping Iran evade weapons and oil …
EU says Egypt mass death sentences in breach of international law
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Tuesday Egypt’s sentencing of 683 people to death breached international law and urged Cairo authorities to ensure defendants’ rights to a fair and timely trial.
Israel, Palestinians at U.N. accuse each other of sabotaging peace
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian envoys on Tuesday took advantage of a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Middle East to publicly blame each other for the latest breakdown in the fragile peace negotiations as the deadline for a deal…
U.N. renews Western Sahara mission, but without rights monitors
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council renewed a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara for another year on Tuesday, and urged all sides to respect human rights, but it did not call for the Uni…
Ukraine separatists seize second provincial capital, fire on police
LUHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Hundreds of pro-Moscow separatists stormed government buildings in one of Ukraine’s provincial capitals on Tuesday and fired on police holed up in a regional headquarters, a major escalation of their revolt despite new West…
Two aides to Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief plead guilty in U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In one of the most high-profile international drug cases in the United States, two aides to Guinea Bissau’s former navy chief, Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, have pleaded guilty in New York to their roles in a major cocaine trafficki…
