Race for top EU jobs turns murkier before elections
PARIS (Reuters) – The race for the European Union’s top leadership jobs has turned murkier with news that Finland’s prime minister is stepping down to seek a European role while France is touting its former finance minister as its nominee for a Europea…
Communist on track to beat ruling party candidate in Siberian city
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Communist was on track to win a mayoral election in Russia’s third city on Sunday, partial returns indicated, in a setback for the party at the center of President Vladimir Putin’s tightly controlled political system.
Islamists kill 17 in northeast Nigeria, attack mosque
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Islamist militants attacked a remote town in northeast Nigeria’s Yobe state on Saturday, killing 17 people including five who were worshipping at a mosque, witnesses said.
Netanyahu vows retaliation after Palestinian treaty move
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised retaliatory measures on Sunday after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made unilateral moves towards statehood.
Two killed as Egyptian tribal clash resumes
ASWAN, Egypt (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Sunday when tribal clashes flared for a third day in the southern city of Aswan, security sources said.
Tunisia arrests Islamist militants after bomb mishap
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police have arrested a group of Islamist militants who accidentally exploded a bomb they were manufacturing as part of a planned attack on the country’s commercial city of Sfax, the government said on Sunday.
Two killed by mortar fire on Damascus opera house -state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two people were killed and eight wounded when mortar fire hit the grounds of the Damascus Opera House in the Syrian capital, state media said on Sunday.
Merkel ally says U.S. assurances on NSA spying ‘insufficient’
BERLIN (Reuters) – A leading ally of Angela Merkel has criticized the United States for failing to provide sufficient assurances on its spying tactics and said bilateral talks were unlikely to make much progress before the German leader visits Washingt…
Bomb kills Afghan election workers, destroys ballot papers
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed two Afghan election workers and one policeman and destroyed dozens of ballot papers on Sunday, police and an election official said, the day after an election that ended without any major violence …
Tunisia treads path to political stability but still faces tests
TUNIS (Reuters) – Three years after its uprising that inspired the Arab Spring revolutions, Tunisia is on its way to political stability with a new constitution and the promise of elections later this year.
