Balkans flooding threatens Serbia power plants, 37 dead
KOSTOLAC, Serbia/DOBOJ, Bosnia (Reuters) – Soldiers, police and villagers battled to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters on Sunday as the death toll from the Balkan region’s worst rainfall in more than a century reached 37.
Tamils say barred from commemorating war dead, Sri Lanka denies
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Minority ethnic Tamils said on Sunday they had been banned from commemorating the deaths of their relatives five years ago in the final battle of a 26-year war with Sri Lanka’s military, a charge denied by the army.
Voting ends in Guinea-Bissau post-coup presidential run-off
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s presidential frontrunner sought to dispel fears of potential meddling by the chronically unstable nation’s army as voters cast their ballots on Sunday in a run-off election meant to draw a line under a 2012 military c…
Colombia election candidate says Zuluaga should quit race over spying
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A candidate in Colombia’s presidential elections next Sunday has called on the leading opposition candidate, Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, to quit the race after new video evidence of spying by his campaign consultant on peace talks with lefti…
Swiss voters reject world’s highest minimum wage, block fighter jets
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters on Sunday rejected proposals to introduce the world’s highest minimum wage and spend $3.5 billion buying new Gripen fighter jets from Saab.
Crimean Tatars commemorate Soviet deportation despite ban
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Defying a ban by their new Russian-backed rulers, thousands of Crimean Tatars gathered at a mosque on Sunday to commemorate the day 70 years ago the mass deportation of their families began under the orders of Soviet lead…
Egypt court jails more than 160 Brotherhood supporters
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court jailed more than 160 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to up to 15 years in prison on Sunday, pressing a crackdown on the Islamist group before a presidential election former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected t…
Exit polls show Greece’s far-left Syriza leading in local vote
ATHENS (Reuters) – Exit polls showed Greece’s radical leftist Syriza party ahead in local elections in Athens and the wider Attica region on Sunday, in a surprisingly strong performance that represents a setback for the country’s fragile ruling coaliti…
Guinea-Bissau votes in post-coup presidential run-off
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s presidential frontrunner sought to dispel fears of potential meddling by the chronically unstable nation’s army as voters cast their ballots on Sunday in a high-stakes run-off election meant to draw a line under a 201…
Sudan arrests opposition leader al-Mahdi, could face death penalty
(This May 17 story is refiled to show Mariam is al-Madhi’s daughter, not granddaughter, in paragraph 4)
