Scotland’s teenage voters hesitant about independence
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – When Scotland’s nationalist government dropped the voting age to 16 for this year’s referendum on independence, it was widely seen as banking on teenage radicalism to ensure a break with the United Kingdom.
French troops kill gunmen in heavy Central African Republic clashes
PARIS (Reuters) – French peacekeepers killed several militants during a three-hour battle on Monday after coming under attack from some 40 heavily armed unidentified gunmen in the northwest of Central African Republic, a French army official said on Tu…
Croatian PM sacks finance minister
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Tuesday he has sacked Finance Minister Slavko Linic over a contract that he said was detrimental to the state budget.
Russia expects progress in Iran nuclear talks next week
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers could agree parts of a text of an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program when they meet for a new round of negotiations in Vienna next week, Russia’s chief negotiator said in comments published on Tuesday.
Two explosions rock southern Thai tourist town, five wounded
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two bombs exploded minutes apart in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai on Tuesday, wounding five people, and police said they suspected Muslim rebels were responsible.
China detains rights lawyer ahead of 25th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Tuesday detained a prominent human rights lawyer on a charge of “causing a disturbance”, two lawyers said, after he attended a weekend meeting that urged a probe of the bloody suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tianan…
India top court rejects Sahara chief bid to be released from jail
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to release Sahara conglomerate Chairman Subrata Roy, who has been in jail for two months over his group’s alleged failure to refund investors in an outlawed bonds scheme.
Bomb in Syria’s Idlib kills 30 government fighters: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – About 30 Syrian government fighters were killed when rebels set off a bomb in a tunnel beneath a checkpoint in a northwestern province, activists said on Tuesday.
Adams detention and release aggravate both sides of Northern Irish divide
BELFAST (Reuters) – The arrest of Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams by police investigating a 1972 murder and his subsequent release have aggravated both the Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland, just as the divisive “marching sea…
Yemeni authorities were warned ahead of AQAP prison raid: documents
SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemeni prison and interior ministry authorities had information as early as two months beforehand that al Qaeda militants were planning a prison break in the capital’s main prison, documents seen by Reuters showed.
