Austrian parties set to renew grand coalition after election slap
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s pro-Europe, centrist coalition partners face weeks of hard bargaining to extend their seven years in power after voters gave them only a tiny combined majority while boosting the far right and a new liberal party.
Jesse Jackson determined to free U.S. hostage despite Colombian veto
HAVANA (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson said on Sunday he will continue to work for the release of a U.S. army veteran kidnapped by Colombian FARC rebels in June, despite the Colombian government’s rejection of his mediation.
Tuareg separatists, Malian army clash in northern town
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Tuareg separatists and Malian soldiers exchanged fire in the northern town of Kidal on Sunday, residents said, in a sign of escalating tensions three days after MNLA rebels ended a ceasefire with the newly elected government.
Xi Jinping hopes traditional faiths can fill moral void in China: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping believes China is losing its moral compass and he wants the ruling Communist Party to be more tolerant of traditional faiths in the hope these will help fill a vacuum created by the country’s breakneck growth an…
Kenya raps U.S. over ‘unfriendly’ travel warning after attack
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya rebuked the United States on Sunday for warning its citizens over travel to the east African country after the September 21 Nairobi mall attack, calling the alert “unfriendly” and asking Washington to lift it.
Israel charges two soldiers with beating bound Palestinian
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military has charged two soldiers with beating up a blindfolded and bound Palestinian detainee, the army said on Sunday.
Russian court remands last of Greenpeace Arctic oil protesters
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court has ordered eight remaining Greenpeace activists be held in custody for two months over a protest against Arctic offshore drilling, the environment advocacy group said on Sunday, dashing any hope some might be release…
Rare bomb attack in Iraqi Kurdish capital kills six
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Militants launched a coordinated suicide and car bomb attack on the headquarters of the security services in the capital of Iraq’s usually peaceful Kurdistan region on Sunday, killing six people in the first major assault there …
India, Pakistan leaders say they want better ties but reach no concrete agreements
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, agreed on Sunday to work to restore a cross-border ceasefire after a spate of shootings in order to improve strained ties, officials said.
Iran’s foreign minister says nuclear enrichment is not negotiable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday the country’s right to peaceful nuclear enrichment was not negotiable in talks with the United States but it does not need to enrich uranium to military-grade levels.
