Italy’s Renzi faces battle in parliament on election reform
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s center-left leader Matteo Renzi faces opposition in parliament next week over electoral reform plans agreed with Silvio Berlusconi which are being closely watched as a test of wider reforms in the euro zone’s third largest econ…
China jails prominent rights activist for four years
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court sentenced one of China’s most prominent rights advocates to four years in prison on Sunday after he campaigned for the rights of children from rural areas to be educated in cities and for officials to disclose their assets.
German SPD leader raps ‘stupid’ eurosceptic campaign in Europe vote
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of Germany’s Social Democrats in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition on Sunday denounced eurosceptic parties on the far left and right as “stupid” and pledged a tough fight against them in the European parliamentary electio…
Quake of 5.8 magnitude hits Cephalonia island in western Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) – A strong earthquake rocked the island of Cephalonia in western Greece on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage, police and fire brigade officials said.
Bahraini police, protesters clash after funeral
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahraini police firing teargas and birdshot clashed with stone-throwing protesters in a village west of the capital on Sunday after the funeral of a young man who died in custody, witnesses said.
Yemen gunmen shoot dead senior security officer
ADEN (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead a senior Yemeni security officer on Sunday, a security official said, the latest in a series of attacks on the police and army in a country battling Islamist insurgents.
Angola navy says missing tanker located, crew faked pirate attack
LISBON (Reuters) – Angola’s navy said on Sunday the crew of an oil tanker that vanished off its coast on January 18 had turned off communications to fake an attack, seeking to calm energy sector fears that the vessel had been hijacked by pirates.
Bad weather forces Quebec police to halt search of blaze ruins
L’ISLE-VERTE, Quebec (Reuters) – High winds and driving snow forced Quebec police on Sunday to suspend their search for bodies in the ice-clad ruins of a seniors’ residence following a fire that authorities now believe killed 32 people.
Bad weather forces Quebec police to halt search of blaze ruins
L’ISLE-VERTE, Quebec (Reuters) – High winds and driving snow forced Quebec police on Sunday to suspend their search for bodies in the ice-clad ruins of a seniors’ residence following a fire that authorities now believe killed 32 people.
Protesting migrants sew mouths shut in Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Thirteen Moroccan migrants held in a reception center in Rome for more than two months have sewed their mouths shut in protest at the length of their detention, police and campaigners said on Sunday.
