Guinea’s June 30 poll date no longer possible: elections body
CONAKRY (Reuters) – A repeatedly delayed parliamentary election meant to seal Guinea’s transition to civilian rule will have to be postponed again after the government and opposition failed to agree on how to run the vote, a spokesman for the elections…
Indonesia MPs approve package paving way for fuel price hike
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament approved compensation measures for the poor on Monday that the government has demanded before it would agree to cut costly fuel price subsidies which are blamed for undermining confidence in Southeast Asia’s b…
Bulgarian PM vows transparency on security chief issue
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s prime minister pledged on Monday to seek wide public support in picking a new head of state security after street protests forced the two-week old Socialist-led government to ditch its original candidate.
South Africa’s Mandela ‘doing very well’: daughter
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who is being treated in hospital for a lung infection, is “doing very well”, his daughter said on Monday.
Russia says it will not allow Syria no-fly zones
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, will not permit no-fly zones to be imposed over Syria, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Monday.
Pope Francis meets Venezuelan President Maduro
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis met Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday for the first time since Maduro won a narrow and disputed election victory to succeed late Socialist leader Hugo Chavez.
Bidding for EU talks, Serbia swaps envoys with Kosovo
BELGRADE/PRISTINA (Reuters) – Serbia and its former province of Kosovo exchanged envoys on Monday for the first time since a 1998-99 war, a step loaded with symbolism for the Balkan neighbors as the European Union considers whether to set Belgrade on t…
Iran court summons Ahmadinejad, ups pressure on outgoing leader
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was summoned on Monday to appear before a criminal court on unspecified charges leveled by a conservative rival, days after moderate cleric Hassan Rohani was elected his successor.
More than 1,200 migrants reach Italy by boat, drownings reported
ROME (Reuters) – More than 1,200 migrants reached Italy over the weekend after attempting the perilous sea passage from Africa in flimsy vessels, the Italian coast guard said on Monday.
Kenyan police kill suspected militant in raid, seize arms
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan police said on Monday they had shot dead a suspected supporter of the Somali militant group al Shabaab during a gunfight and said he had been plotting attacks in the country.
