Gunmen free 175 prisoners in Nigeria jailbreak
ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Gunmen shot dead two civilians and then used explosives to free 175 inmates from a prison in Nigeria’s southern town of Akure overnight, a prison official said on Sunday.
Obama says Zimbabwe has opportunity, needs free and fair poll
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday Zimbabwe’s economic recovery gave the southern African country an opportunity to advance but only if upcoming elections were “free and fair.”
Ecuador’s Correa says Snowden’s fate in hands of Russia
PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Sunday the fate of former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is in the hands of the authorities in Russia, where he is holed up in hope of obtaining asylum in the South…
Fifteen people injured at motor rally in Poland
WARSAW (Reuters) – At least 15 people, including two children, were injured at a motor rally in the Polish city of Poznan on Sunday after a luxury car skidded into a group of spectators, a local police spokesman said.
In Egypt, many complain – but don’t protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – Politics is all very well, reckons Zeeka, but it doesn’t sell tomatoes and it doesn’t pay the rent.
France’s Hollande said to back away from reshuffle
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande is unlikely to reshuffle his government before the summer break and will instead urge ministers to sharpen their focus on unemployment and other issues sapping their popularity, sources told Reuters….
Iraqi Kurdish President set to rule for two more years
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – The president of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani is set to stay in office for another two years, after lawmakers voted on Sunday to extend his tenure amid scuffles in parliament and an outcry from opposition parties.
Hungary to raise teachers’ wages in September: minister
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will raise teachers’ wages from September, a government minister said on Sunday, in a move that could help the ruling Fidesz party cement its robust opinion poll lead ahead of a national election expected next April or May….
Kerry plans return to Middle East after visit yields no deal
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ended a shuttle diplomacy mission on Sunday without an agreement on resuming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, but said gaps had been narrowed and he would return to the region soon.
German Social Democrats mull ruling out coalition with Merkel: media
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s opposition Social Democrats are considering formally ruling out a coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats after September’s election, according to media reports on Sunday.
