Sudan says seeking U.S. visa for wanted President Bashir
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan said on Tuesday it had applied for a U.S. visa to let its president travel to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, despite international arrest warrants out against him over charges of masterminding war crimes in Darfur.
Mugabe seeks peace with ‘arrogant’ West after disputed elections
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Tuesday he was ready to re-establish normal relations with the “arrogant” Western countries that have questioned his re-election in a vote his rivals say was fraudulent.
At least 32 killed in attacks across Iraq: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of attacks across Iraq killed at least 32 people on Tuesday, police and medical sources said.
Wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia raised off Italian rocks
GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) – The Costa Concordia was pulled upright off the Italian island of Giglio on Tuesday, in a tense salvage operation that revealed the damage to a once gleaming cruise liner that had lain on its side for 20 months after capsizing,…
Chaotic Libya appeals for help to restore security
LONDON (Reuters) – Libya’s prime minister on Tuesday appealed to the outside world to help restore security, as it combats political chaos and tries to restart oil exports crippled by protesters at a cost of $130 million a day in lost income.
Rwanda’s ruling party heads for easy poll win: early results
KIGALI (Reuters) – Rwanda’s ruling party was cruising to a widely expected landslide win in parliamentary elections on Tuesday, early results showed, reinforcing President Paul Kagame’s firm grip on power.
Five big U.N. powers to meet on Syria draft on Tuesday: U.S.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Diplomats from the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China will meet in New York on Tuesday to discuss a Western-drafted resolution on eradicating Syria’s chemical arsenal in line with a U.S.-Russian agreement, a U.S…
Berlusconi postpones message on future after tax conviction
ROME (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has postponed until Wednesday an announcement likely to steer away from moves to bring down the government following his tax fraud conviction, political sources said.
African immigrants rush barrier into Spain’s Melilla enclave
MADRID (Reuters) – Hundreds of Africans seeking to enter Europe made a coordinated assault on the triple wall that divides Spanish enclave Melilla from Morocco on Tuesday, with about a hundred of them getting over.
Ballet director returns to Russia’s Bolshoi after acid attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wearing dark glasses over his damaged eyes, artistic director Sergei Filin returned to the Bolshoi Ballet on Tuesday to guide its troupe through a new season, eight months after he was nearly blinded in an acid attack.
