German Greens mull new identity and coalition with Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Greens will elect a new, more centrist parliamentary leader and hold talks with Angela Merkel’s conservatives this week to explore prospects for what would be a landmark coalition with their former political arch enemies.
President Maduro has ‘bankrupted’ Venezuela: opposition
CARACAS (Reuters) – Opposition leader Henrique Capriles accused Venezuela’s “incompetent” President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday of bankrupting the nation in an increasingly radical blame-game over the OPEC member’s economic distortions.
Pakistan’s military chief says he will retire in November
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The head of Pakistan’s powerful military said on Sunday he would retire in November as planned, in an announcement many believe will help bolster the fragile democracy of the coup-prone nation.
Lebanese survivors of Australia-bound refugee boat return home
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Lebanese asylum seeker who lost his wife and eight children when a boat carrying migrants sank off Indonesia said on Sunday passengers had been left without lifejackets to face death.
Afghan leader says NATO air strike killed five civilians
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai criticized his NATO allies on Sunday over an air strike in the country’s east that he said killed five civilians, including three children.
Tripoli suspect’s son says captors had Libyan accents
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The son of a suspected Islamist militant seized in Tripoli said on Sunday his father had been snatched as he returned home from morning prayers by men with Libyan accents.
Moroccan unemployed graduates protest over budget cuts
RABAT (Reuters) – Thousands of unemployed graduates marched through Morocco’s capital Rabat on Sunday demanding jobs in the public sector, weeks before parliament is due to debate planned budget cuts.
Mexico monster truck accident kills eight, including kids, injures 79
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least eight people, including three children, were killed and 79 were wounded when a monster truck careened into a crowd at a show in northern Mexico, an official at the public prosecutor’s office in the city of Chihuahua sai…
Israel indicts suspected Iranian spy
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Sunday indicted a Belgian-Iranian man on charges of spying for Iran, saying he had been sent to the Jewish state to set up a business as a front for intelligence gathering.
Fourteen killed in clashes in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Fourteen people have been killed in violent clashes between Christians and Muslims in an isolated town in eastern Central African Republic that began last week, police and a senior Catholic official said on Sunday.
