Doubts over Merkel coalition grow despite Bavaria victory
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chances of preserving her center-right coalition were in doubt less than a week before a federal election, with a new anti-euro party rising in the polls and her current partner reeling from a regional setb…
France says confident deal can be reached on Syria U.N. resolution
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Monday it was confident that a deal could be reached with Russia on a U.N. resolution over Syria’s chemical weapons program.
Israeli court ends instant three-year detention for African migrants
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s supreme court on Monday struck down a year-old law that meant African migrants could be held in detention for up three years without charge.
Donors pledge 1.8 billion euros for Somalia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – International donors promised Somalia 1.8 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in reconstruction aid on Monday to back a three-year plan aimed at strengthening the country’s economy and building up its fragile security.
Suspected bomb-maker killed in Madagascar blast: police
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – A suspected bomb-maker was killed in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo on Monday when an explosive device he is believed to have been building blew up prematurely, police said.
Mali reconciliation on track despite protests, minister says
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Protesters threw stones at officials from Mali’s newly elected government during a weekend visit to the main northern rebel stronghold, but the reconciliation minister said on Monday that efforts to heal the country’s deep social rif…
Impounded Chinese cruise liner released in South Korea
SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A Chinese cruise liner was allowed to leave a South Korean island on Monday, three days after it was impounded there over a commercial dispute that left hundreds of passengers stranded, state media said.
Jailed ex-governor hid assets in Nigeria’s Oando: British prosecutor
LONDON (Reuters) – Jailed former Nigerian oil state governor James Ibori hid some of his assets in the oil firm Oando and money passed from the company’s accounts to Ibori’s Swiss accounts, a British prosecutor told a court on Monday.
Egyptian security forces storm Islamist -controlled town
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces stormed a town controlled by supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi on Monday and arrested 56 residents as part of a crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood, officials said.
Iran signals ‘desire’ to end nuclear dispute with West
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it wanted to settle a decade-old nuclear dispute with the West that has raised fears of a new Middle East war, but the United States said it must back words with action.
