Top Italian lawmaker likens black minister to orangutan
ROME (Reuters) – A senior parliamentarian in the anti-immigration Northern League party has likened Italy’s first black minister to an orangutan.
Spain’s PM sent texts to party’s disgraced ex-treasurer: paper
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy sent supportive text messages to his party’s disgraced ex-treasurer for two months after the eruption of a corruption scandal involving People’s Party (PP) leaders, El Mundo newspaper said on Sund…
Australian gored at Spain bull run in ‘very serious’ condition
PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) – A 23-year-old Australian woman gored in the chest on the final day of Spain’s annual San Fermin bull-running festival was in a “very serious” condition, local authorities said on Sunday.
Gunmen kill four policemen in Russia’s Dagestan
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) – Four policemen were killed in Russia’s violence-plagued Dagestan region on Sunday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their car, local investigators said.
Nine militants killed in U.S. drone, Pakistan air force strikes
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least nine suspected militants, including two foreigners, were killed in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region in a U.S. drone strike and a separate Pakistan military operation, security officials said on Sunday.
Pakistan Taliban set up camps in Syria, join anti-Assad war
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Pakistani Taliban have set up camps and sent hundreds of men to Syria to fight alongside rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, militants said on Sunday, in a strategy aimed at cementing ties with al Q…
Former Egyptian ambassador to U.S. named foreign minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Nabil Fahmy, a former Egyptian ambassador to the United States, accepted the post of foreign minister on Sunday in the interim government being put in place after the removal of president Mohamed Mursi earlier this month.
Kuwait court rejects election challenge, confirms July 27 vote
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A Kuwaiti administrative court threw out on Sunday legal challenges to a parliamentary election set for July 27, a judicial source and an elections candidate said, effectively paving the way for the vote to proceed on time.
Zimbabwe police, soldiers cast early votes contested by PM
HARARE (Reuters) – Police officers and soldiers who will be on duty during Zimbabwe’s July 31 election began voting on Sunday, the eve of a court hearing to stop the process because Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party says police numbers were …
Ex-Supply Minister says he declined post in Egypt’s new cabinet
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Leftist politician Godah Abdel Khalek said on Sunday he declined an offer to return to the post of minister of supply in Egypt’s interim government, citing personal reasons.
