Serbian court convicts two for editor’s murder in Croatia
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Two Serbian men were jailed on Wednesday for the killing of a newspaper editor in neighbouring Croatia in 2008 whose political weekly had worked on exposing crime and corruption in the Balkans.
Kenyan Muslim groups threaten protest over Islamist shooting
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Two prominent Kenyan Muslim rights groups threatened on Wednesday to stage street protests in the port city of Mombasa unless the government met a Saturday deadline to say who had killed a prominent Islamist.
Greece lifts legal immunity of more Golden Dawn MPs
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s parliament stripped legal immunities from five lawmakers from the far-right Golden Dawn party on Wednesday, clearing the way for another round of criminal charges against its members.
France to propose ex finance minister Moscovici for EU Commission: source
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande is set to put forward his former finance minister Pierre Moscovici as a candidate to become a European Commissioner, a government source said on Wednesday.
Kashagan oil field: Stuck between ‘a widow maker’ and ‘a rotating bomb’
MILAN (Reuters) – Western oil majors struggling to restart production at one of the world’s biggest offshore oilfields in Kazakhstan have found that whole kilometers of pipeline are defective, two people recently returned from the $50 billion project s…
Masimov returns as Kazakh PM to face economic crisis
ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed Karim Masimov as his new prime minister on Wednesday, describing him as well-equipped to work with global finance and attract foreign investment in difficult times.
Attack on Yemen army HQ kills six soldiers, three militants
ADEN (Reuters) – Six soldiers and three suspected Islamist militants died during a suicide bombing and assault on the main military headquarters in Aden on Wednesday and a 10-year-old boy was killed in subsequent clashes, medics and local media said.
Syrian war wreaks overwhelming damage on cities: U.N.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s civil war has inflicted such carnage that in some districts of Damascus three quarters of homes have been damaged and more than 90 percent of residents say they need help to survive, according to a U.N. survey released on Wed…
Libya says could reach deal in 2-3 days to open oil ports
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya could finalize an agreement in two to three days with rebels to reopen vital oil ports, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, bolstering hopes for an end to an eight-month stalemate that has dried up oil revenue.
Austrian president poised for rare Western visit to Iran
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian President Heinz Fischer has ‘in principle’ accepted an invitation to visit Iran, his office said on Wednesday, in what would be the first trip for many years by a Western head of state.
