Northern Irish police seize arms cache ahead of G8
BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland police seized explosives and munitions during a sweep of Irish militant nationalists on Monday, a week before world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama travel to the province for the Group of Eight summit….
Zimbabwe starts registering new voters as poll looms
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe began registering new voters on Monday in a push to meet a Constitutional Court order to hold elections by July 31, even though one of the two main parties wants a delay to allow for reform of the media and security forces.
South Sudan says keep exporting oil to Sudan despite stoppage threat
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan continues to pump oil to Sudan despite a threat from its neighbor to stop cross-border flows in a row over alleged support for rebels, its oil minister said on Monday.
Taliban beheads two boys in southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters beheaded two boys aged 10 and 16 as a warning to villagers not to cooperate with the Afghan government, local officials said.
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant had generator problem: envoy
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Iran’s Russian-built nuclear power plant has experienced technical problems with its generator and experts are working to resolve the issue, Tehran’s envoy to Moscow said on Monday.
Yemen says detains local al Qaeda leader, two soldiers die in raid
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni troops detained a local al Qaeda leader in a raid on his hideout in eastern Yemen on Monday, only days after a military operation to foil plans to set up an Islamist state in the area, state news agency Saba said.
Lay preacher turned union boss wages South African class war
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Addressing thousands of stick-wielding striking platinum miners last month, South Africa’s bold new union boss told them proudly that he and his comrades “did not sit in boardrooms.”
Italy local elections give boost to PM Letta
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s battered center-left won the election for mayor of Rome on Monday and appeared set to do well in other cities, giving a lift to Prime Minister Enrico Letta as he strives to control an uneasy coalition with traditional rivals on…
Iceland may not be the haven U.S. leaker hopes
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – The leaker who revealed top secret U.S. surveillance programs says he hopes to find shelter in Iceland, but he may be disappointed by the reception from a new government seen as less keen than predecessors to attract exiles and In…
Germany’s Merkel snatches rent control issue from rival before election
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has stolen a page from the opposition’s campaign playbook ahead of the September election and is now calling for rent controls, a sign she is in a tight fight and does not want to risk upsetting Germany’s 40 …
