Italy PM vows reforms as tensions with Renzi grow
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Tuesday promised new measures to lift the economy and strengthen his fragile coalition after weeks of tension with his own party leader Matteo Renzi over the slow pace of reforms.
Dutch interior minister under fire over misinformation on wiretapping
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch cabinet minister faced calls to quit on Tuesday after admitting he wrongly told parliament that 1.8 million telecommunications intercepts had been collected by the U.S. National Security Agency, rather than the Dutch spy s…
Indian publisher withdraws book on Hindus after court case
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Penguin Books India has agreed to withdraw from sale all copies of a book that takes an unorthodox view of Hinduism, and will pulp them as part of a settlement after a case was filed against the publisher, the petitioners’ lawyer …
Militants kill 16 Iraqi soldiers in overnight ambush
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Militants in pick-up trucks ambushed Iraqi army outposts protecting a major oil export pipeline in the north of the country overnight, killing at least 16 soldiers by shooting them and slitting their throats, security and medical so…
U.S. ambassador to meet India’s Modi, ending isolation
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Washington’s ambassador to New Delhi is to meet the Hindu nationalist who could be India’s next prime minister, softening its stance towards a man denied a U.S. visa while ties between the two governments remain strained.
More arrests in Venezuela protests, Maduro slams ‘coup-seekers’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have arrested another eight anti-government protesters, bringing to 19 the number being held amid street demonstrations that President Nicolas Maduro says are being orchestrated by foreign-backed “coup-seekers…
Former presidential hopeful predicts new Egypt revolt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians will rise up against military rule because of widespread human rights abuses and economic hardships, former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh said on Tuesday.
UK court quashes decision not to hold Litvinenko poisoning inquiry
LONDON (Reuters) – The High Court has quashed a decision by the British government not to hold a public inquiry into the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died in London in 2006 after being poisoned with a radioactive substance.
Serbian court jails nine for 1999 war crimes in Kosovo
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s war crimes court jailed nine former members of a Serbian paramilitary group on Tuesday for killing more than 120 ethnic Albanian civilians during the Kosovo conflict in 1999.
Turkish editor hits out at media coercion under Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A top Turkish mainstream newspaper editor has openly decried widespread government pressure on the media, in an unusually blunt outburst against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s leadership months ahead of elections.
