Turkish central bank makes massive rate hikes to stem lira fall
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank hiked all of its key interest rates in dramatic fashion at an emergency midnight policy meeting, ignoring opposition from Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as it battles to defend the country’s crumbling lira curr…
Pakistan sees chance for Afghan peace talks to resume after April election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan sees a chance to resume stalled peace talks that aim to end the long conflict in Afghanistan if Taliban militants are willing to engage with the Afghan government once President Hamid Karzai steps down, a top Pakistani o…
Turkish central bank makes massive rate hikes to stem lira fall
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank hiked all of its key interest rates in dramatic fashion at an emergency midnight policy meeting, ignoring opposition from Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as it battles to defend the country’s crumbling lira curr…
Aid convoy stalled as Syrian government demands assurances
GENEVA (Reuters) – The fate of a U.N. aid convoy for thousands of Syrians besieged in the city of Homs hung in the balance on Tuesday as the Syrian government demanded assurances the supplies would not end up in the hands of “terrorists”.
Ukraine PM resigns amid unrest, parliament revokes anti-protest laws
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned on Tuesday while deputies loyal to President Viktor Yanukovich, acting to calm violent street protests, back-tracked and overturned anti-protest laws they rammed through parliament 12 day…
Gunmen kill Egyptian general; ousted Mursi defiant at trial
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamist militant gunmen on a motorcycle killed a top Interior Ministry official in Cairo on Tuesday in the latest blow to a military-backed Egyptian government struggling to curb violence and suppress dissent.
South Sudan rebel leader should face treason charge: minister
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar and six others should be tried for treason for their role in weeks of bloodshed, the justice minister said on Tuesday, threatening to heighten tensions in already troubled peace talks.
Central African Republic wants U.N. force as EU troops OKed
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council approved on Tuesday the planned deployment of European troops to Central African Republic in a bid to stop violence between Christians and Muslims as the country’s president called for a U.N. peaceke…
Abbas proposes three-year Israeli pullout from West Bank
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas proposed on Tuesday that Israel carry out a gradual three-year withdrawal from the occupied West Bank as part of any future peace deal, an offer that fell short of Israeli demands.
Nicaragua scraps term limits in boost for socialist Ortega
MANAGUA (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s national assembly on Tuesday voted to scrap presidential term limits, which could allow socialist President Daniel Ortega to remain in power indefinitely and has stoked concerns about democracy in the Central American co…
