Britain braced for hurricane-force ‘St. Jude’ storm
LONDON (Reuters) – Hurricane-force winds are forecast to disrupt road, rail and airport networks on Monday when one of the strongest storms in decades is expected to hit the southern half of Britain during rush-hour, forecasters warned on Sunday.
Power struggle in Czech election winner hits coalition talks
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Attempts to form a new Czech government after this weekend’s election suffered a setback on Sunday when the winning center-left party tried to oust its leader due to an unexpectedly weak showing at the ballot box.
Colombia’s FARC frees ex-U.S. marine after four months in jungle
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC guerrillas have freed a former U.S. marine who was kidnapped in June while he trekked through the jungle in a known guerrilla area, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the U.S. government said on S…
Billionaire PM cements grip in Georgia, ally elected president
TBILISI (Reuters) – A little-known ally of billionaire Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili won a landslide victory in Georgia’s presidential election on Sunday, cementing the ruling coalition’s grip on power after Mikheil Saakashvili’s 10-year rule.
Former South African politician Sexwale arrested in New York: SABC
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Prominent South African businessman and anti-apartheid stalwart Tokyo Sexwale was arrested in New York after his name was on a list of people banned from entering the United States, national broadcaster SABC said on Sunday, cit…
Kurdish militants tighten grip on Syria’s northeast
AMMAN (Reuters) – Kurdish militants sought to consolidate their control of an oil-producing region in northeastern Syria on Sunday after seizing a border crossing with Iraq from Islamist rebels, activists said.
Iran sends out feelers for any return to oil markets
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran is reaching out to its old oil buyers and is ready to cut prices if Western sanctions against it are eased, promising a battle for market share in a world less hungry for oil than when sanctions were imposed.
Israel to free more Palestinian prisoners for peace talks
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is to release 26 Palestinian prisoners in a second stage of a deal brokered by the United States in July that brought a resumption of peace talks.
As Iraq seeks U.S. arms, bombs kill another 55
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A dozen bombings in Iraq killed 55 people on Sunday as the prime minister prepares to travel to Washington to seek President Barack Obama’s help in confronting a wave of sectarian violence fuelled by Syria’s civil war.
German paper says Obama aware of spying on Merkel since 2010
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German newspaper said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama knew his intelligence service was eavesdropping on Angela Merkel as long ago as 2010, contradicting reports that he had told the German leader he did not know.
