Germany’s SPD backs coalition talks with Merkel, sets terms
BERLIN (Reuters) – Leaders of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) won a green light from their party to start coalition talks with Angela Merkel on Sunday, after promising to wring concessions from the chancellor on a minimum wage, equal pay and infrastru…
Suicide car bomb kills 30 in Baghdad cafe: police, medics
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives blew himself up outside a cafe in a mainly Shi’ite district of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 30 people, police and medics said.
Rebels kill 41 in South Sudan cattle raid
JUBA (Reuters) – Rebels in South Sudan’s volatile Jonglei state killed at least 41 people and wounded 46 others in a raid on three cattle camps on Sunday, a local official said.
Israel’s Livni to block effort to bar talks about Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s chief peace negotiator will seek to block a proposal introduced by members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet to make it tougher to negotiate with the Palestinians over Jerusalem, one of her aides said on Sund…
Afghan special forces commander defects with guns to insurgents
KUNAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An Afghan army special forces commander has defected to an insurgent group allied with the Taliban in a Humvee truck packed with his team’s guns and high-tech equipment, officials in the eastern Kunar province said on Sun…
Britain to build Europe’s first nuclear plant since Fukushima
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – Britain is set to sign a deal with France’s EDF for the first nuclear plant to start construction in Europe since Japan’s Fukushima disaster raised safety concerns worldwide, at a cost estimated at around $23 billion.
Tunisia sees Islamist militants exploiting Libya chaos
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said Islamist militants are exploiting anarchy in neighboring Libya to get training and smuggle weapons across North Africa’s porous borders.
Coca growers ambush Bolivian security forces, take hostages
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Coca growers in Bolivia ambushed soldiers and police who were destroying illicit crops used to make cocaine, killing one and taking hostages, the government said on Sunday.
Northern Ireland police to question witnesses to Bloody Sunday deaths
LONDON (Reuters) – Police in Northern Ireland said on Sunday they plan to question witnesses to the killing by British soldiers of 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland 40 years ago.
Senior SPD members back coalition talks with Germany’s Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Senior members of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) have agreed to the launch of coalition talks with Angela Merkel next week, after leaders promised them they would wring concessions from the German chancellor including a nationwide …
