Khamenei wants no one to jolt his power in Iran vote
DUBAI (Reuters) – Five days from Iran’s presidential election, these are nervy times for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who as only the second Supreme Leader in the Islamic Republic’s 34-year history answers to God and not voters.
Selective justice keeps foreign investment out of Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – Four years after British financier Neil Smith bought one of Ukraine’s largest local vodka producers, it was listed by Forbes as one of the country’s fastest-growing firms, with annual sales of $600 million. Then a local court ruling ne…
China’s latest manned space mission to launch June 11
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will launch its next manned space flight on Tuesday, carrying three astronauts on a 15-day mission to an experimental space lab, the National Space Administration said, in the latest step towards the development of a space sta…
Four people arrested in London over Islamic school fire
LONDON (Reuters) – British police have arrested four teenagers in connection with a fire at an Islamic school that has heightened fears of anti-Muslim reprisals after a soldier was murdered on a London street last month.
Analysis: Iran election hopefuls have no quick fix for economy
DUBAI (Reuters) – If there is an issue at the core of Iran’s presidential election next month, it is whether the next president can jump start the economy and ease the deep financial pressures facing the majority of Iranians.
Turkey’s Erdogan warns patience with protests will run out
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan warned protesters who have taken to the streets across Turkey demanding his resignation that his patience has its limits and compared the unrest with an army attempt six years ago to curb his po…
Tanks in Beirut as Syria protest leaves one dead
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese troops blocked streets in Beirut with tanks and barbed wire for several hours on Sunday after the killing of a protester outside the Iranian embassy raised factional tensions already inflamed by the war in Syria.
U.N. mediator sees breakthrough in Guinea election talks
CONAKRY (Reuters) – The Guinean government and opposition parties in the West African nation have made a breakthrough during talks on Sunday that could end a violent political impasse and pave the way for legislative elections, a United Nations envoy s…
Tens of thousands on streets, Turkish PM Erdogan defiant
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told flag-waving supporters on Sunday that his patience with mass anti-government protests had its limits, and moved to seize back the initiative by announcing counter-rallies next weeke…
The hard yards begin in Myanmar’s quest for foreign investment
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – In a cramped auditorium in Myanmar’s capital, pro-democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi had a message for the world’s business elite: her country is teeming with foreign investors scouting for opportunities in one of Asia’s…
