Austrian far-right chief distances himself from MEP
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader distanced himself on Saturday from comments made by his co-lead candidate for EU parliament elections which have been condemned as racist, and said he would have words with him on Monday…
Japan to intercept any North Korea missile deemed a threat
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will strike any North Korean ballistic missile that threatens to hit Japan in the coming weeks after Pyongyang recently fired medium-range missiles, a government source said on Saturday.
Lebanese Alawite leader, 11 others charged with “terrorist” activity
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon has charged a dozen people including a prominent Alawite leader with belonging to an “armed terrorist organization”, judicial sources said on Saturday, part of a drive to control sectarian violence fuelled by the war in Syria…
Poland’s PM says NATO to boost military presence within weeks
WARSAW (Reuters) – NATO will strengthen its presence in Poland within weeks, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Saturday, a move that could help allay fears in eastern European states for their security after Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea region…
Italian priests, Canadian nun kidnapped in Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun were kidnapped in northern Cameroon overnight, a bishop and a government source said on Saturday, months after a French priest was seized nearby.
India opposition could clinch election win: opinion polls
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main opposition party of prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi and its allies are set to emerge as the biggest group in an election beginning on Monday, heralding the end of a 10-year reign of the ruling party, two opini…
Bomb wounds senior military adviser’s aide in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – An aide to a senior Yemeni government military adviser and three security guards were wounded when a bomb exploded near his car on Saturday morning, security sources said.
Thai PM supporters converge to counter protests
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra demonstrated on the outskirts of Bangkok on Saturday, part of a three-day rally aimed at countering months of sometimes violent anti-government protests.
For India’s Congress party, soul-searching and questions about Gandhi
AURANGABAD, India (Reuters) – On the eve of India’s mammoth general election, even some members of the ruling Congress party appear to have accepted it will not return to power, raising a question mark on the future of its leader, Rahul Gandhi.
Britain re-arrests fugitive former mafioso on Italian warrant
LONDON (Reuters) – London police said on Saturday they had re-arrested a fugitive Sicilian mafioso who last month won a legal fight against extradition to Italy from Britain where he has been living under an alias for two decades.
