Burundi police try to stop party meeting as crisis deepens: witnesses
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Riot police tried to stop a meeting of Burundi’s junior coalition party on Sunday, officials and witnesses said, firing teargas, clashing with members and exacerbating a political crisis in the tiny East African country.
Russia’s Putin basks in the glory of the Games
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin says sport and politics do not mix but his actions at the Winter Olympics suggest the opposite.
African nations form G5 to work on Sahel security, development
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – The leaders of Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso agreed on Sunday to create a regional organization to strengthen cooperation on development and security in the Sahel region.
Top Obama adviser urges Ugandan president not to sign anti-gay law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s national security adviser urged Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday not to sign an anti-gay law, saying it would be a “huge step backward” for Uganda and the world.
We don’t want to “flood” Israel with Palestinian refugees: Abbas
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Addressing a sticking point in U.S.-brokered peace talks, President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday dismissed charges by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wanted to “flood” Israel with Palestinian refugees.
Twelve illegal miners rescued in South Africa, others stay underground
BENONI, South Africa (Reuters) – A dozen South African illegal miners were brought to the surface on Sunday after being trapped in an abandoned gold mine near Johannesburg, but an unknown number remained underground because they feared arrest, an emerg…
Hungary’s PM Orban sets out stakes for April vote
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered voters on Sunday a choice between his government and a return to a post-communist regime he said had taken Hungary to the brink of collapse.
President summons center-left’s Renzi as Italy seeks new government
ROME (Reuters) – Italian President Giorgio Napolitano summoned Matteo Renzi to a meeting on Monday at which he is expected to ask the center-left leader to form a government that must overhaul one of the most troubled economies in the euro zone.
Saudi Internet monitors turn focus on Syria-fuelled radicalism
RIYADH (Reuters) – Syria’s civil war has led to a new, greater threat of Islamist radicalism in Saudi Arabia that requires a more aggressive “war of ideology” on the Internet, says the man responsible for online monitoring in the kingdom.
After immigration vote, Swiss have to rework Croatia labor deal
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland has told the newest European Union member, Croatia, that it will not be able to sign a labor market pact as planned on July 1, following a shock referendum vote in favor of immigration curbs.
