Iraqi PM flies to U.S., seeking arms to fight militants
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki travelled to the United States on Tuesday to press for urgent help and arms to combat the worst upsurge of violence in years.
Russian Bolshoi dancer denies ordering acid attack as trial starts
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to ordering an acid attack that nearly blinded the Bolshoi ballet’s artistic director, and a jobless former convict accused of carrying it out told a court he had acted …
Germany’s SPD aims for quick renewables subsidy reform: document
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) will push for a quick reform of renewable energy incentives in any deal to share power with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, according to SPD documents prepared for coalition talk…
Polio outbreak in northeast Syria risks spreading, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) – Polio has broken out among young children in northeast Syria, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on Tuesday, and could spread inside and outside the country, where civil war has led to falling vaccination rates.
India police say Islamists behind attack on opposition rally
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) – An Islamist militant group is believed to be behind an attack on a rally by Indian Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi that killed six people and wounded more than 80, police said on Tuesday.
India police say Islamists behind attack on opposition rally
BHUBANESWAR/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) – An Islamist militant group is believed to be behind an attack on a rally by Indian Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi that killed six people and wounded more than 80, police said on Tuesday.
EU makes new bid to reach deal on Ukraine’s jailed Tymoshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – European Union mediators were to resume a push on Tuesday aimed at securing the release of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, with EU politicians warning that time is running out for the signing of a landmark trade agreement…
Leaders of South African ‘Boer Army’ plot receive long jail terms
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Five leaders of a “Boer Army” white supremacist plot in South Africa to assassinate Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of the country were sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday after a trial lasting more than 10 years.
China suspects Tiananmen crash a suicide attack- sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities investigating what could be Beijing’s first major suicide attack were searching for two men from Muslim-dominated Xinjiang on Tuesday after three people suspected to be from the restive region drove a SUV into a …
Judge in Brotherhood trial withdraws, case indefinitely adjourned
CAIRO (Reuters) – The trial of three senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges of inciting violence was halted on Tuesday after the judge said the court felt “unease” over the case.
