Protesters fight police as Kosovo approves Serbia deal
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s parliament approved an EU-brokered agreement on creating normal ties with neighboring Serbia on Thursday as protesters opposing the deal clashed with riot police in Pristina.
Portuguese anti-austerity strike hits mostly transport
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese unions halted public transport on Thursday in a peaceful one-day strike against austerity measures which have led to the worst economic slump since the 1970s and sent unemployment to record levels.
Obama says shouldn’t have to talk to Xi, Putin about Snowden
DAKAR (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday he had not yet spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping or Russian President Vladimir Putin about the U.S. request to extradite former American spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Indonesia says building criminal cases against 8 firms over fires
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian investigators are building criminal cases against eight Southeast Asian companies they suspect of being responsible for raging fires that have blanketed neighboring Singapore and Malaysia with hazardous smog.
China accuses U.S. of cyber security hypocrisy amid Snowden dispute
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the United States on Thursday of “double standards” and hypocrisy in the area of cyber security as tension flared between Beijing and Washington over the flight of fugitive former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Kerry resumes tough Israeli-Palestinian peace drive
AMMAN (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry’s drive to revive Middle East peace talks hit familiar warning signals on Thursday as Israel’s prime minister stressed security needs and a Palestinian negotiator denounced Israeli settlement building.
Small anti-government protests rumble on in Turkish capital
ANKARA (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in a residential area of the Turkish capital overnight, setting up barricades and lighting small bonfires.
Bulgaria gets two new deputy PMs in boost for fragile government
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s fragile new government, under pressure from daily protest rallies against graft and organized crime, got a sorely needed boost on Thursday when parliament approved two deputy prime ministers.
Obama starts long awaited Africa tour at slave port
DAKAR, Senegal (Reuters) – Almost four centuries after Africans started being shipped to North America as slaves, the first U.S. president of African ancestry will on Thursday visit an infamous embarkation point for those destined for lives in chains.
India begins mass cremation of flood victims, many missing
NEW DELHI, June 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India began the mass cremation of bodies recovered after devastating floods in the country’s northern Himalayan region, government officials said on Thursday, adding that hundreds of people were still m…
