New clashes as Ukraine’s president tries to tempt opposition
KIEV (Reuters) – Police clashed with protesters in central Kiev on Sunday and the fate of Ukraine’s government was uncertain after embattled President Viktor Yanukovich offered important posts to opposition leaders, including the role of prime minister…
Eight dead in Central African Republic capital, rebel leaders flee city
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed in mob violence in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Sunday as senior officers from the Seleka rebel movement fled the city, according to the country’s Red Cross and a rights group.
Turkish prime minister accuses opposition candidate of graft
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan brandished what he said was a file of graft allegations against a senior opposition figure on Sunday, raising the stakes in a political battle after a corruption investigation implicated his ow…
Japan’s Abe says China’s prosperity rests on trust, not tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said China’s continued economic growth will require building trust, not tensions, with other countries, according to an interview broadcast on Sunday.
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.
