Portuguese seen lodging protest over bailout pain in local polls
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese voters were expected to punish the ruling centre-right Social Democrat candidates in local polls on Sunday after years of budget cuts and tax hikes under the country’s international bailout.
Assad says Syria will respect U.N. chemical weapons accords: Italian TV
ROME (Reuters) – Syria will respect United Nations accords on chemical weapons, President Bashar al-Assad told Italian television station RaiNews24 on Sunday.
Israel says it caught Iranian spy with photos of U.S. embassy
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel disclosed on Sunday the arrest of an Iranian-Belgian citizen on suspicion of spying for Iran, saying he had photographed the U.S. embassy and intended to establish business ties in the Jewish state as a cover for espionage….
Austria coalition survives far-right gains: projections
VIENNA (Reuters) – The partners in Austria’s pro-Europe, centrist coalition appear to have won enough votes to form a new government, staving off a strong challenge from the euroskeptic right wing, initial projections showed on Sunday.
Kenya asks U.S. to lift ‘unfriendly’ travel warning
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya on Sunday asked the U.S. government to lift an advisory warning U.S. citizens over travel to the east African country after the September 21 Nairobi mall attack, calling it “unnecessary” and “unfriendly”.
Jewish vandals smash tombstones in Jerusalem Christian cemetery
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Four suspected Jewish nationalists were arrested for smashing headstones in a Christian cemetery near Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Sunday.
Thirty tourists rescued from London boat fire
LONDON (Reuters) – Tour boat passengers jumped into the River Thames to escape a fire on their World War Two-era amphibious vehicle near London’s Houses of Parliament on Sunday, the emergency services said.
Iran is biggest test for Obama’s often rocky ties with Netanyahu
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Six months after President Barack Obama eased a strained relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Israel dubbed “Operation Desert Schmooze,” the two leaders now face the biggest test of whet…
Greek far-right lawmakers to make pleas against criminal charges on Tuesday
ATHENS (Reuters) – The leader of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party and four more of its lawmakers will appear in court on Tuesday to enter pleas on charges of belonging to a criminal organization after being arrested following the killing of an anti…
Ruling French coalition split over Roma ejection call
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande is battling to heal a rift in his ruling coalition over treatment of France’s Roma population after his interior minister said most of them should leave France.
