EU to ease sanctions on Zimbabwe, but not on Mugabe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is to further ease sanctions on Zimbabwe next week, but will keep a travel ban and asset freeze on President Robert Mugabe and his wife, EU sources said on Tuesday.
Czech invite to Uzbek leader angers human rights groups
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A planned visit by Uzbek President Islam Karimov next week to the Czech Republic has sparked an outcry among human rights groups critical of his authoritarian rule who say he should be shunned, not courted.
President says discontent in Sao Tome army, plays down fears of uprising
SAO TOME (Reuters) – Sao Tome and Principe’s president warned of discontent in the island nation’s military after striking soldiers boycotted his presidential guard in protest at rising prices, but played down fears of a new uprising.
Italy PM vows reforms as tensions with Renzi grow
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta promised new measures to lift the economy on Tuesday after weeks of tension over the slow pace of reform fanned speculation that he could be replaced as premier by his party leader Matteo Renzi.
Iran ‘forever’ comments on nuclear program seen as sop to hardliners
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Tuesday a Western assertion that military force could yet solve a decade-old nuclear dispute if negotiations proved fruitless, pledging that Iran would pursue peaceful atomic research “forever”.
Two threaten to set themselves on fire in St. Peter’s Square
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Two Italian men who had threatened to set themselves on fire in St. Peter’s Square to protest Italy’s economic slump were taken away by police on Tuesday.
U.S. warns of ‘terrorist threat’ to Ugandan capital
KAMPALA (Reuters) – The United States has warned of a “specific terrorist threat” to Kampala, saying a group of attackers were looking to strike the Ugandan capital this month or in March but without identifying who was behind the threat.
U.S. condemns Afghan decision to go ahead with detainee release
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday condemned a decision by the Afghan government to proceed with plans to release additional detainees that the United States believes pose a continuing militant threat.
China bristling, Spain seeks to curb its judges’ international rights clout
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling party sought on Tuesday to limit judges’ ability to go after alleged human rights abusers around the world, a day after Spanish arrest orders were issued for former Chinese officials accused of genocide in Tibet.
Bosnians want regional government down, PM urges snap election
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Thousands of Bosnians rallied in several towns to demand the resignation of a regional government on Tuesday, driving on protests against corruption and unemployment that have plunged the country into crisis.
