Insight: Iraqis hesitate on the edge of chaos
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In Sadr City, an impoverished district of northeastern Baghdad, local people say the anger of Shi’ite Muslims against Sunni militants is ready to erupt into violence.
Italy PM Letta rejects Berlusconi attack on judges
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Thursday dismissed Silvio Berlusconi’s attacks on judges who convicted him of tax fraud and said he would not allow his fragile coalition government to become the “punching ball” of his fractious …
EU police officer shot dead in Kosovo, testing fragile accord
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead a European Union police officer in a mainly Serb region of Kosovo on Thursday, dealing the mission its first fatality since deploying in 2008 and shaking a fragile accord between the Balkan country and its former m…
Greeks mourn anti-racism rapper stabbed to death
ATHENS (Reuters) – In a tense atmosphere in an Athens cemetery, more than 2,000 mourners bid farewell on Thursday to an anti-racism rapper who was stabbed to death by a man sympathizing with the far-right Golden Dawn party.
Bulgaria Socialist-led government faces no-confidence vote
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s opposition GERB party on Thursday called a vote of no-confidence against the Socialist-led government in a move which is unlikely to topple it but will deepen political uncertainty in the European Union’s poorest country.
Senator McCain attacks Putin in Russian website op-ed
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Senator John McCain on Thursday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of allying himself with tyrants and ruling through violence and repression, in a scathing retort to a New York Times editorial by Putin earlier this month.
Two years on: How nuclear sells itself post-Fukushima
LONDON (Reuters) – Two years after catastrophe at Japan’s Fukushima plant, sellers of atomic reactors woo potential buyers with the promise that lessons learned from one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters make the technology safer than ever.
Philippines’ Aquino hopeful violence over soon; eight dead in clash
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Fighting between Philippine forces and Muslim rebels in a southern city has been confined to just two areas and should be over soon, President Benigno Aquino said on Thursday.
NATO to investigate drone strike after Afghans say civilians died
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s NATO force has launched an investigation into an attack by a drone aircraft on an al Qaeda member which a senior Afghan official said killed eight women and children.
Somalia replaces central bank chief criticised in U.N. report
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Abdusalam Omer has been replaced as Somalia’s central bank governor after seven months in the job, he said on Thursday, once again strongly denying graft allegations made by United Nations monitors.
