Sri Lankan polls monitor, party workers, attacked in north
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – A member of a Sri Lankan election monitoring group was attacked along with nine supporters of an ethnic minority Tamil political party by a group of gunmen who the victims said on Friday were clad in military uniform.
Ukraine leader says release of Tymoshenko still in balance
YALTA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said on Friday he was trying to solve the issue of his imprisoned opponent, Yulia Tymoshenko, whose release European leaders have been pressing for, but that he had reached no decision ye…
Berlusconi vows to stay in politics as ban approaches
ROME (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi defiantly vowed to stay at the center of Italian politics on Wednesday despite his expected expulsion from parliament over a fraud conviction, and accused leftist judges of plotting against him to pervert democracy.
Gunmen shoot dead around 10 soldiers in second southern Yemen attack
ADEN (Reuters) – Gunmen killed around 10 soldiers in an attack on a military headquarters in the town of Mayfaa early on Friday in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa, a security official said.
Third time unlucky? Headaches await Merkel in new term
BERLIN (Reuters) – The breakdown in trust between Angela Merkel and Sigmar Gabriel can be traced back to June 2010, when the leader of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) leaked a confidential text message the chancellor sent him to Der Spiegel magazine.
Insight: U.S. and allies target Hezbollah financing, ties in Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) – The United States and its allies are clamping down on suspected Hezbollah activity in West Africa, which Washington says is a major source of cash for the Lebanese group as its patron Iran feels the pinch of sanctions.
Honduras seizes assets of suspected drug gang, including zoo
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran police and security forces on Thursday seized bank accounts and assets worth millions of dollars belonging to a gang of suspected drug traffickers singled out by the U.S. government, a Honduran official said.
Venezuela says U.S. bans Maduro from flying over Puerto Rico
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela said on Thursday the United States banned President Nicolas Maduro’s jet from flying through U.S. airspace over Puerto Rico en route to a state visit to China in what Caracas called an act of aggression.
Analysis: Obama may extend his hand to Iran’s Rouhani at U.N.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Next week’s U.N. General Assembly meetings will offer U.S. President Barack Obama a chance to extend a hand, both literally and figuratively, to new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
In latest overture, Rouhani urges world leaders to engage with Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged world leaders on Thursday to “seize the opportunity” presented by his election to engage Iran in constructive dialogue and said his country was ready to facilitate talks between the Syrian g…
