EU sets Albania on road to membership
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union set Albania on the road to membership on Tuesday, granting the small Balkan state the status of candidate to join in recognition of recent reforms, while warning the government that progress was conditional on fu…
Further fighting in Central African Republic kills over 50
BANGUI (Reuters) – More than 50 people have been killed in two days of clashes in Central African Republic, witnesses and officials said on Tuesday, with foreign troops struggling to stop recurrent violence between Muslim and Christian communities.
Italy, Germany cloak budget differences in common language
ROME/BERLIN (Reuters) – Italy and Germany are using the same words ahead of this week’s European Union summit as debate heats up on whether economic policy should focus on budget austerity or stimulating growth, but they do not necessarily mean the sam…
Monaco heiress death: police eye son-in-law’s bank activity
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – French police investigating the shooting death last month of Monaco heiress Helene Pastor have discovered what they said were ‘suspicious’ transactions in the bank accounts of her son-in-law, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
South Africa platinum union, mines sign wage deal but job cuts loom
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The world’s three biggest platinum firms signed a wage deal with South Africa’s AMCU union on Tuesday but said that fallout from a five-month strike made job cuts and restructuring inevitable, setting the scene for more labor t…
Turkey evacuates hundreds of citizens from Libya after threat from general
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Turkey has been evacuating hundreds of citizens from Libya after a threat from a renegade general fighting Islamists in the east, Ankara’s embassy and airport officials said on Tuesday.
Kenyan opposition leader demands dialogue after spate of attacks
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s veteran opposition leader demanded on Tuesday a national dialogue by July 7 and sought a timetable to pull Kenyan troops out of Somalia, hours after a fresh attack on the coast killed five people.
Kenya gang rape trial that triggered protests, petition begins
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The trial of a boy accused of being in a gang that raped a girl began in Kenya on Tuesday after months of campaigning by rights groups seeking justice for the teenager who suffered a broken back when she was dumped in a latrine pit …
Iran expects deal soon on Russia building new nuclear reactors
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it expected to sign a deal with Russia in late August on the building of two new 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors in the Islamic Republic, potentially boosting its case that it is refining uranium for civilian ener…
Sudan re-arrests Christian woman one day after release from death row
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudanese authorities re-arrested a Sudanese woman on Tuesday hours after she was freed from death row, and detained her and her family as they tried to board a plane in Khartoum, a security source and her lawyer said.
