Iran’s Khamenei says big election turnout will frustrate foes
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader urged voters to turn out in big numbers for a presidential election on Friday, saying such a show of strength would frustrate Tehran’s enemies.
Mediators fly to Mali to salvage northern ceasefire deal
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Mediators working to hammer out a ceasefire agreement between Mali’s government and Tuareg rebels before July elections flew to Bamako on Wednesday to attempt to convince the country’s interim president to sign the deal.
Polish prosecutors get more time for CIA jail probe
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish prosecutors have extended until October a five-year-old criminal investigation into allegations that the CIA ran secret jails on Polish soil, a case human rights activists say the authorities are deliberately dragging out.
Migrants in Greece detained based on appearance: HRW
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police have often detained people based on their physical appearance during a crackdown on illegal immigration and only a fraction of them were found to be in the country unlawfully, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
Economic, social pressures behind Kuwait crackdown on foreign workers
KUWAIT (Reuters) – The narrow, cracked streets of the district of Jleeb al-Shuyoukh, down the road from Kuwait’s main airport, would normally be bustling with Indian and Bangladeshi workers by late morning, just before the summer sun becomes unbearable…
Egyptian police accused of destroying security papers acquitted
CAIRO (Reuters) – A Cairo court on Wednesday acquitted all police officers and officials accused of destroying documents of the internal security agency whose brutality was a rallying point for the revolt that swept Hosni Mubarak from power.
South Africa’s Zuma talks tough against mining unrest
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma vowed on Wednesday to take a hard line against labor unrest in the mining sector, which has been rocked by 18 months of killings and wildcat strikes that have threatened to destabilize Africa’s b…
Russian protesters march as Putin seeks firmer political footing
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Thousands of Russians marched through Moscow demanding Vladimir Putin resign on Wednesday, as the president took the helm of a loyalist movement designed to broaden his power base.
Analysis: Divided EU in a bind over Hungary’s ‘erring’ Orban
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe is in a bind over what to do about Hungary and a feeling that the former Soviet satellite is drifting back towards authoritarianism under Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Few fireworks as stumbling Croatia joins a troubled EU
ZAGREB (Reuters) – At 700,000 euros, Croatia’s budget to celebrate arguably the biggest moment in its 22 years as an independent state might seem a little modest.
