With banter and blankets, Zimbabweans make their choice
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Even before the polls opened in Manicaland, a key swing province in eastern Zimbabwe, political banter and blankets were slowly warming hundreds of voters queuing patiently outside a polling station in the bitter pre-dawn c…
Exclusive: Russian billionaire seeks U.S. government financing for luxury jets
NEW YORK/ATLANTA (Reuters) – Billionaire Russian businessman Gennady Timchenko, a long-time associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, plans to seek U.S. government-backed funding to buy luxury aircraft, Reuters has learned.
China’s Xi says seeks peace in sea disputes but must be alert
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Politburo on Wednesday the country wanted to resolve its maritime territorial disputes peacefully and through talks, but would not compromise on sovereignty and had to step up its defensive capa…
Tunisian minister resigns, pressure on government grows
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian Education Minister Salem Labyedh has resigned, the prime minister’s spokesman said on Wednesday, as pressure mounted on the Islamist-led government to step down.
Serbia woos ex-IMF head Strauss-Kahn for advisory role
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia has approached former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn about the possibility of him joining the government in an advisory role as it seeks foreign advisors to assist a revamped cabinet, a government source said.
Egypt refers Muslim Brotherhood leaders to court
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities have referred the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and two other senior officials in the movement to a court on charges of inciting violence.
Russia’s Putin to meet new Iranian president in September
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian leader Vladimir Putin will meet Iran’s newly elected president for the first time in Kyrgyzstan in September, the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday.
Senior Kurdish rebel warns Turkey to progress reforms by September
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish government must take concrete steps by September to advance a peace process with Kurdish militants or risk a return to hostilities, the co-head of the rebels’ political wing was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Egypt’s ‘Third Square’ protests reject army, Islamists
CAIRO (Reuters) – A few lonely Egyptian activists are trying to stake out middle ground in the nationwide rift between an affronted Muslim Brotherhood and delighted supporters of the army’s overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi.
Libyan court sentences former Gaddafi minister to death
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – A former minister in the government of Muammar Gaddafi was sentenced to death on Wednesday for inciting violence against protesters during the uprising that led to the Libyan dictator’s overthrow in 2011, his lawyer said on W…
