EU envoys resume efforts to free Ukraine’s Tymoshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – European Union mediators resumed efforts in Ukraine on Wednesday to secure the release from jail of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as the clock ticks down to the signing of landmark trade accords at the end of the month.
Suicide bomber kills six in assault on Iraqi police station
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber ploughed an oil tanker packed with explosives into an Iraqi police station in a village north of Baquba on Wednesday, killing at least six policemen, police said.
Nigerian president seeks state of emergency extension
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan asked the national assembly on Wednesday to extend by six months a state of emergency in three northeastern states where the military is fighting a drawn out battle with Islamist militants.
U.N. rights chief says Bangladesh trials unfair
GENEVA (Reuters) – A trial in Bangladesh, which brought death sentences for 152 border guards accused of murder and arson in a mutiny in 2009, failed to meet international law standards, United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Wednesday.
Partner of Snowden reporter challenges British detention
LONDON (Reuters) – The partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, who brought leaks from former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden to world attention, went to court on Wednesday to challenge the legality of his detention by British police in August….
Political protesters seek halt to Libyan gas exports to Italy
MILAN/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan demonstrators encamped at a gas terminal in the west of the country are demanding a halt to gas exports to Italy, co-operator Eni said, raising the stakes in their protest for greater political rights.
Grappling with troubled peace process, Kerry urges Israeli settlement limits
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel on Wednesday to limit settlement building in occupied territories to help push peace talks with the Palestinians back on track.
Angola teenager held for insulting president starts hunger strike
LUANDA (Reuters) – An Angolan teenager who has been in prison for two months awaiting trial for insulting President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has started a hunger strike to pressure authorities into releasing him, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Tajik leader extending long rule in volatile region
DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon, his only serious rival disqualified, headed for re-election on Wednesday in a Central Asian country beset by poverty and facing security threats from neighboring Afghanistan.
Kerry urges Israeli settlement limits
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel on Wednesday to limit settlement building, an issue that is weighing on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
