French government takes risky gamble with tax reform plan
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s embattled government has taken a gamble by announcing an overhaul of the country’s complex tax system, a move it hopes will prevent popular anger from growing further but which could well backfire.
Chinese leaders face Spain arrest warrant over Tibet
MADRID (Reuters) – Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and ex prime minister Li Peng could face arrest when travelling abroad over allegations they committed genocide in Tibet, a Spanish court ruled on Tuesday.
Angola’s MPLA says opposition UNITA plans rallies ‘to cause chaos’
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s ruling MPLA party on Tuesday accused the main opposition group, UNITA, of seeking to cause “chaos and anarchy” by planning nationwide rallies on Saturday to protest against the kidnapping of two activists last year.
Russia says pilot of Kazan crash had put the plane into nosedive
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – The pilot of an airliner that crashed near the Russian city of Kazan killing 50 people had pushed the steering column to pitch it into a nosedive, crash investigators said on Tuesday, citing data recorder analysis.
Britain to summon Spanish ambassador over Gibraltar ‘incursion’
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is to summon Spain’s ambassador following what it said was a serious incursion into Gibraltar’s territorial waters by a Spanish research vessel.
Syria talks should focus on fighting ‘terrorists’: Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday stopping “terrorists” fighting in Syria should be high on the agenda when an international peace conference convenes to try to end more than 2-1/2 years of conflict in the Arab nation.
Venezuela’s Congress set to approve decree powers for Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s parliament looked set on Tuesday to grant President Nicolas Maduro year-long decree powers he says are needed to regulate the economy and stamp out corruption but adversaries view as a thinly veiled power grab.
Berlin seeks “credible and verifiable” pledges from U.S. on spying
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is seeking “credible and verifiable” commitments from the United States to guarantee the privacy of German citizens, according to a draft coalition document that reflects lingering resentment in Berlin over the U.S. response …
Bosnian war crimes court frees 10 convicts, orders retrials
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s state war crimes court said on Tuesday it had freed 10 convicted war criminals and would give them new trials after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled their legal rights had been violated.
Iran state media rejects Reuters investigation as ‘disinformation’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s state news agency dismissed a series of reports by Reuters about a multi-billion dollar organization controlled by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as “disinformation” intended to undermine public trust in the Islamic Republic’s ins…
