Relief in Afghanistan after largely peaceful landmark election
KABUL/KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s presidential election closed on Saturday amid relief that attacks by Taliban fighters were fewer than feared for a vote that will bring the first-ever democratic transfer of power in a country plagu…
France’s far-right to ban faith-based school lunch options
PARIS (Reuters) – Far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen said on Friday it would prevent schools from offering special lunches to Muslim pupils in the 11 towns it won in local elections, saying such arrangements were contrary to France’s secular…
One Syrian refugee killed in clashes with Jordanian security
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least one Syrian refugee was killed in Jordan’s sprawling Zaatari camp when hundreds of refugees clashed with security forces, residents said on Saturday.
U.N. chief says C. African Republic peacekeepers ‘overwhelmed’
BANGUI (Reuters) – French and African soldiers serving in Central African Republic are “overwhelmed” by the “state of anarchy” in the country, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday, a day after Chadian troops began withdrawing from the pe…
Finland’s PM Katainen to step down, eyeing EU posts
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen announced on Saturday that he was stepping down in June with a view to taking a senior European Union post, a move that could further unsettle a coalition government that last month lost one of…
Brazilian leader Rousseff slips in poll on economic woes
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Support for President Dilma Rousseff is slipping among Brazilian voters who are increasingly pessimistic about their country’s economy and disappointed with her performance, according to a poll published on Saturday.
At least 20 Iraqi soldiers killed in attacks
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – At least 20 Iraqi soldiers were killed on Saturday, most of them upon entering a house rigged with explosives northwest of the capital, security officials said.
Former top Dutch banker found dead at home with wife and child
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch former top banker who came under fire for taking a large pay-off after the nationalization of his troubled bank was found dead along with his wife and daughter on Saturday in what police called a family tragedy.
France to shun Rwanda genocide ceremony after Kagame accusations
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Saturday it had canceled plans to attend a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide following accusations of French involvement in the massacre by Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
Egypt court sentences police captain in southern province to death
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced a police officer to death for the 2012 killing of two men in the southern province of Qena, state news agency MENA reported.
