Front-runners survive cull of many Afghan presidential candidates
KABUL (Reuters) – All the front runners in Afghanistan’s presidential election next April will remain in the race, despite the disqualification of more than half the candidates by the electoral watchdog.
Italy to demand action on migrant crisis at EU summit
ROME (Reuters) – Italy will seek an overhaul of European asylum policies and emergency action to handle a crisis that has seen tens of thousands of African migrants arrive in Sicily and hundreds of deaths, Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Tuesday.
EU revives membership talks with Turkey after three-year hiatus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will launch a new round of accession talks with Turkey next month following a three-year hiatus after Germany dropped opposition prompted by Ankara’s crackdown on street protests.
Luxembourg’s Juncker faces exit as rivals seek coalition
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The conservative party that has ruled Luxembourg for most of the last 70 years has acknowledged that other parties are likely to form the next government and end Jean-Claude Juncker’s 19-year term as prime minister.
Afghan intelligence agency sacks 65 ‘heroin addicts’
KABUL (Reuters) – The intelligence service of opium-plagued Afghanistan has sacked 65 officers after discovering they were addicted to heroin, the agency’s head said on Tuesday.
Greeks 40 percent poorer than in 2008
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greeks are on average almost 40 percent poorer than they were in 2008, data indicated, laying bare the impact of a brutal recession and austerity measures the government may be forced to extend into next year.
Afghanistan says issues unresolved on U.S. security pact
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan and the United States have not yet agreed on several issues in a bilateral security pact, a senior Afghan spokesman said, raising the prospect that Washington may yet pull out all of its troops next year unless differences…
Honduras’ Zelaya could bounce back as wife runs for election
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Four years after the Honduran military ousted President Manuel Zelaya, forcing him out of bed at gunpoint and spiriting him out of the country in his pajamas, he may be set for a return to the presidential office – as first husb…
Cambodia court races death, dwindling resources to rule on Khmer Rouge war crimes
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – The clock is ticking at Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, where the two elderly defendants are in poor health and funds vital for bringing some semblance of justice for the horrors of the “Killing Fields” era are fast d…
EU to open new area of membership talks with Turkey on November 5
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments agreed on Tuesday to hold a new round of accession talks with Turkey on November 5 after Germany dropped its opposition voiced after Ankara’s crackdown on anti-government protests earlier this year.
