EU seeks peace as Ukraine death toll hits 75
KIEV (Reuters) – European Union ministers sought to broker a political settlement in Ukraine after gun battles between police and anti-government protesters brought the death toll to 75 in two days of the worst violence in the country since Soviet time…
Venezuela protests rumble as demonstrators, troops face off
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces and demonstrators faced off in streets blocked by burning barricades in several provincial cities on Thursday as protests escalated against President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government.
World powers and Iran make ‘good start’ towards nuclear accord
VIENNA (Reuters) – Six world powers and Iran made a “good start” in talks in Vienna towards reaching a final settlement in the decade-old stand-off over Tehran’s nuclear program, but conceded their plan to get a deal in the coming months was very ambit…
U.N. Security Council to vote on Syria aid resolution Saturday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council will vote on Saturday on a resolution to boost humanitarian aid access in Syria, where the United Nations says 9.3 million people need help, although it is unclear if Russia and China will support or…
Ukrainians in Canada send money, shed tears for Kiev
TORONTO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – The small gilded chapel at the Ukrainian Canadian Care Center, a retirement residence in suburban Toronto, is usually shuttered and dark midweek. But on Thursday, dozens of elderly immigrants and their caregivers …
UN chief wants 3,000 more troops for Central African Republic
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday appealed to the international community to urgently send another 3,000 troops and police to Central African Republic in an effort to stop violence between Christians and Muslims …
Death toll from Islamist attack in northeast Nigeria doubles to 98
BAMA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen from Nigeria’s Islamist Boko Haram sect killed 98 people in the northeastern town of Bama on Wednesday, residents there said after burying their folk, more than double the figure given by police a day earlier.
Nigeria suspends anti-graft central bank governor
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan suspended Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi on Thursday, removing an increasingly outspoken critic of the government’s record on tackling rampant corruption in Africa’s leading energy producer.
Italy’s Renzi says on track to form government
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s center-left leader and impending prime minister said on Thursday he expected to have his new cabinet in place by the weekend, dismissing speculation that wrangling with his likely coalition partners was holding up an agreement….
Union calls on Frankfurt airport security staff to strike Friday
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German trade union Verdi has called on security workers at Frankfurt airport to go on strike on Friday in a bid to push for higher pay, a move likely to cause widespread disruption at Europe’s third largest hub.
