Italian PM Letta to meet president as political crisis mounts
NEW YORK/ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta returns from a visit to New York on Friday to face the threat of a government collapse following renewed threats from Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right party to pull out of his fragile coalit…
Tunisian opposition rallies against ruling Islamists
SFAX, Tunisia (Reuters) – Thousands protested in cities across Tunisia on Thursday to call on the ruling Islamist Ennahda party to step down immediately to make way for new elections to end a stalemate with its secular opponents.
At least 29 killed in central Sudan’s worst unrest for years
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 29 people have been killed in protests in Khartoum over fuel subsidy cuts, police said on Thursday, and more clashes broke out in Khartoum in the worst unrest seen in Sudan’s central regions for years.
Arabs battle Syrian Kurds as Assad’s foes fragment
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels and al Qaeda-linked fighters clashed with Kurds in northern Syria on Thursday, activists said, in a battle for territory highlighting the country’s descent towards sectarian and ethnic fiefdoms after two years of war.
Guinea braces for long-delayed parliamentary vote
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Parliamentary elections in Guinea on Saturday officially cap the mineral-rich West African country’s return to civilian rule after a 2008 coup, but many fear that the vote could reignite violence that killed dozens of people earlier…
Maldives to hold run-off vote despite court delay: official
MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives will go ahead with a presidential election run-off on September 28, election commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek said on Thursday, despite a decision by the Supreme Court to postpone the second round following a complaint of vote …
Sudan says 29 people killed in riots
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A total of 29 people have been killed in anti-government protests in Sudan, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday, in the first official toll since the outbreak of violence on Monday.
Anti-crime effort in Puerto Rico is paying off, officials say
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – An anti-crime initiative that put more federal agents in Puerto Rico and boosted coordination with the U.S. mainland is making streets safer in both places, top U.S. and Puerto Rican law enforcement officials said on Thursday.
Former Auschwitz guard charged in ‘last chance’ push for justice
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors on Thursday charged a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Auschwitz death camp as an accessory to murder, part of a renewed drive to bring lower-level Nazi collaborators to justice before they die.
Mali says Sahel needs rapid reaction force to fight Islamists
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Mali’s newly elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita called on Thursday for nations in the Sahara region to create a regional multilateral force that could intervene quickly to respond to the ongoing Islamist threat across t…
