Israel says it has struck deal to resettle Eritrean migrants
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An unidentified country has agreed to take in Eritrean illegal immigrants living in Israel, according to Israeli court documents.
EU potential for social unrest is world’s highest: ILO
GENEVA (Reuters) – The potential for social unrest in European Union countries is higher than anywhere else in the world and the already yawning gaps between rich and poor, a major trigger, are likely to widen globally, the International Labour Organis…
Guinea media set strike after government shuts opposition radio
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinean media called a 24-hour strike for Thursday in protest at the government’s closure of an opposition-owned radio station for one month before the June 30 election after a listener called on the air for an uprising.
UK’s Labour vows iron discipline on budget
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour party sought to convince voters on Monday it is fit to run the economy by promising “iron discipline” on spending and announcing cuts to some welfare benefits if it wins the 2015 election.
Iraqi Kurd leader says Baghdad talks last chance
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdistan will be forced to seek a “new form of relations” with the central government in Baghdad if negotiations fail to resolve their disputes over oil and land, the president of the autonomous region said.
Lebanese gunmen kidnap eight Syrians, demand hostage exchange
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped eight men from Syria’s Alawite minority as they crossed into northern Lebanon on Monday, residents and security sources said, in a bid to gain the release of a Sunni Muslim man believed to be held by Syrian…
U.N. General Assembly to vote on draft arms trade treaty?
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly is tentatively planning to vote on Tuesday on a draft treaty to regulate the $70 billion global trade in conventional arms.
South Africa’s Mandela visited by family after weekend improvement
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, who is being treated in hospital for pneumonia, was visited by members of his family on Monday after doctors had reported an improvement in his condition over the weekend.
Ghost of Chavez dominates Venezuela election campaign
CARACAS (Reuters) – Weeks after his death, Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez still leads supporters in singing the national anthem.
March was bloodiest month in Syria war: rights group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria’s two-year conflict, with more than 6,000 people killed, a third of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
