Croatia’s ex-PM, biggest party sentenced over slush funds
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader and his political party were found guilty on Tuesday of rigging public tenders and abusing state funds in the biggest corruption trial to date in the new European Union member.
North Korea’s assembly vote puts some purge rumors to rest
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea announced on Tuesday the winners of an election to its Supreme People’s Assembly, including a senior army man whose re-election will dispel talk that he had been purged by leader Kim Jong Un.
Militant Islamist website calls for attacks on France and Hollande – SITE
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – A militant Islamist website has created a series of posters calling for attacks on France and for the assassination of President Francois Hollande in reprisal for the country’s policies in Mali and the Central African Republic, th…
Scotland’s Salmond talks independence, but plays politics
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scotland’s nationalist leader Alex Salmond has more than independence on his mind. The combative politician has come to embody self-rule, always sporting a lapel pin or tie with Scotland’s white-and-blue crossed Saltire flag. Cart…
An assassin divides his native Bosnia 100 years on
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The woman paused before a photograph of a young man with dark eyes and a tightly trimmed moustache.
Suspected al Qaeda militant killed in drone strike in central Yemen: tribesmen
SANAA (Reuters) – A suspected al Qaeda militant was killed in a drone strike late on Monday in Yemen’s central Maarib province, an oil-producing area where al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operates, local tribesmen said.
Chilean is first foreign fatality in Venezuela unrest
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Chilean woman was shot dead while clearing a barricade put up by anti-government protesters, the first foreign fatality during a month of civil unrest in Venezuela, authorities said on Monday.
El Salvador ex-rebel’s lead ‘irreversible,’ rival wants recount
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A former Marxist rebel commander’s tiny lead in El Salvador’s presidential election is irreversible, the country’s electoral tribunal said on Monday, but his right-wing challenger demanded a full recount, insisting he was the r…
Libya says halts tanker outside rebel port, plans military offensive
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya on Monday stopped a North Korean-flagged tanker that had loaded oil from a rebel-held port, after naval forces briefly exchanged fire with the rebels, officials said.
U.S. criticizes Maldives court’s dismissal of election officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department voiced strong objection on Monday to the Maldives Supreme Court’s dismissal of the country’s top election officials for failing to follow its guidelines during last year’s presidential election.
