Czech party chief says he should be finance minister in potential coalition
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The leader of one of the Czech parties negotiating to form a coalition government said on Sunday he should hold two positions in the new government, as finance minister and as vice premier.
Saudi king appoints son to head Mecca province
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi King Abdullah on Sunday appointed his son Prince Mishaal as governor of Mecca Province, one of the most prominent jobs in the country, the latest move in a rolling reshuffle of senior ruling family members over the past two yea…
Bulgaria warns UK’s Cameron over ‘isolationist’ immigration plan
LONDON (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev has attacked British Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan to tighten immigration rules for Bulgarians and Romanians, saying it will damage London’s global standing for the sake of short-term polit…
Mayor in Tbilisi suspended, opposition cry foul
TBILISI (Reuters) – The mayor of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi has been suspended from office after he was charged with misspending public funds in a case he and his opposition colleagues said was a witch-hunt against supporters of former president Mikheil…
Suicide bomber kills seven outside Libya’s Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives at an army checkpoint outside the city of Benghazi on Sunday, killing seven soldiers in the first such attack in Libya’s deepening turmoil.
Africans face uncertain Israeli future after perilous migration
TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) – Angesom Solomon had to dodge bullets and tear his way through barbed-wire fencing to get into Israel across its testy border with Egypt after a two-month trek from his native Eritrea.
Insight: African immigrants use films and books to fight Italian racism
ROME (Reuters) – Seven years ago, Dagmawi Yimer was “between life and death” when Italian navy officers rescued him and 30 others from a skiff in heavy seas between Libya and the island of Lampedusa.
Insight: For Chinese farmers, a rare welcome in Russia’s Far East
USSURIYSK, Russia (Reuters) – Fourteen years ago, Chinese businessman Li Demin was asked to help bail out a struggling pig farm in the Russian trading city of Ussuriysk, close to the Pacific coast in the Far East.
U.S., Britain and Libya promise to pursue Lockerbie case
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States, Britain and Libya on Saturday pledged their full support for efforts by their investigators to bring those behind the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing to justice.
U.S. aircraft hit by gunfire in South Sudan as conflict worsens
JUBA (Reuters) – A U.S. aircraft came under fire from unidentified forces on Saturday while trying to evacuate Americans from a spiraling conflict in South Sudan. The U.S. military said four of its members were wounded in the attacks.
