Ukraine drops plan to go West, turns East to Moscow
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine abruptly spurned an historic new alliance with its western neighbors on Thursday, suspending an imminent trade pact with the European Union and saying it would revive talks on a deal instead with Russia, its old Soviet master.
U.S. signals North Korea can improve ties by freeing Americans
(Reuters) – The United States on Thursday signaled North Korea could improve its strained ties with Washington by releasing U.S. citizens, as former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson became involved in the case of an 85-year-old American held by Pyon…
Tight election in Honduras focuses on drug violence
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras is heading for a close presidential vote on Sunday as the wife of an ousted leftist leader fends off a late surge from the ruling party heavyweight and both vow a crackdown on drug violence that has made the country the…
Chad’s president appoints economist as PM after government quits
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s President Idriss Deby named a new prime minister on Thursday, hours after the previous head of government resigned along with his cabinet as parliament prepared to examine a motion of censure against them.
Kosovo lawmakers pass 2014 budget, avoiding early election
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Kosovo on Thursday approved the proposed budget for next year, clearing the first hurdle in a process that could have triggered an early election for a coalition government struggling with an internal rebellion.
Car bomb in northern Iraq kills 25
BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded in a busy market in northeastern Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 30, the town’s mayor and medical sources said.
Ugandan opposition figure charged over ‘unlawful society’
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was charged on Thursday with belonging to an unlawful society, a police official said.
France says Central African Republic on verge of genocide
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Thursday that Central African Republic was “on the verge of genocide” and it expected the United Nations to give Paris and the African Union permission to intervene.
Modi campaign stirs religious divide in India’s heartland
AGRA, India (Reuters) – Prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi used a large rally in India’s historic city of Agra on Thursday to push his Hindu nationalist agenda in a key election state where the sizeable Muslim minority eyes his campaign with alarm…
Three ‘slave’ women held for 30 years rescued from London house
LONDON (Reuters) – Three women enslaved for 30 years have been rescued from a house in London including one who has spent her entire life in domestic servitude, police said on Thursday.
