Analysis: Quebec separatists play to core voters with headscarf, turban ban
(Reuters) – Quebec’s separatist government is betting on broad popular support with a proposal that prohibits public workers from wearing headscarves, skullcaps and other religious symbols, yet it is dividing the movement that advocates independence fr…
Nigerian archbishop kidnapped in Delta released
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, the country’s second most senior Anglican cleric, has been released by the armed men who kidnapped him last week in the Niger Delta, police said on Sunday.
EU officials pile pressure on Italy to keep government afloat
MILAN (Reuters) – European Union officials warned Italy on Sunday not to let politics ruin recovery prospects and upset debt markets in a week that could signal the end of Erico Letta’s fragile five-month-old government.
Five-point plan boosts Brazil leader; social media push to come
BRASILIA (Reuters) – When a Brazilian newspaper reported last month that President Dilma Rousseff had gone for a nighttime spin incognito around the capital on the back of an aide’s Harley-Davidson, her favorable mentions soared on social media.
Qaeda tells Syria fighters to shun secularists in sign of deeper rebel rift
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has told the Islamist militants who are some of Syria’s toughest opposition forces to avoid alliances with other rebel fighters backed by Gulf Arab states and the West.
Senior police woman gunned down in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A senior female police officer in Afghanistan was shot in an assassination attempt on Sunday, two months after her female predecessor was killed, underscoring worries about both security and the role of women as foreign troops prepare…
EU spending cuts to hit Portugal’s poor
LISBON (Reuters) – Spending cuts to European Union food aid programs could leave Portugal’s growing ranks of poor with even emptier plates.
Kosovo and Macedonia end trade dispute
PRISTINA/SKOPJE (Reuters) – Goods from Kosovo and Macedonia crossed their border on Sunday, ending a trade dispute that closed the frontier between the Balkan neighbors to goods and vehicles for six days.
Netanyahu hopes U.S.-Russia deal will lead to destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel hoped a U.S.-Russian deal to remove Syria’s chemical weapons would result in the “complete destruction” of the arsenal.
Guns, clans, rogue Muslim rebels undermine south Philippine peace
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines, Sept 15 – A week of violence in the southern Philippines has undercut hopes of lasting peace in the resource-rich region and exposed the government to criticism for underestimating rogue Muslim rebels who feel ignored by a …
