Tweet ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is headed for another month of political paralysis ahead of new elections in mid-June, after party leaders on Tuesday failed to reach an agreement to build a coalition government…. See the rest here: Greek to hold new election, markets tank  Read More →

Tweet MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — European Union naval forces and attack helicopters conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia Tuesday. A pirate said the strike destroyed a supply center and set back their operations…. Read more: Somali pirate: EU airstrike destroyed equipment  Read More →

Tweet BEIRUT (Reuters) – A splintered Syrian opposition voted on Tuesday to keep a secular academic exile seen as a consensus builder as its top figure to further a quest for recognition from wary big powers in its struggle to unseat President Bashar al-Assad. More here: Split Syria opposition keeps chief, violence grinds on  Read More →

Tweet PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande has named Jean-Marc Ayrault as his new prime minister…. Read more: Ayrault is named new French prime minister  Read More →

Tweet BERLIN (AP) — The environmental activist group Sea Shepherd is asking Germany’s government to block the extradition of its founder Paul Watson…. See the original post: Sea Shepherd appeals to German gov’t over arrest  Read More →

Tweet ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece will hold a new election in June after days of talks failed to resolve the country’s political deadlock, party leaders said Tuesday…. More here: Greeks head back to the ballot box in June  Read More →

Tweet BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO on Tuesday invited Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to the alliance’s summit in Chicago, after signs that the country could be moving to reopen its Afghan border to NATO military supplies…. Read the original here: NATO invites Pakistan to summit  Read More →

Tweet KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian court delayed hearings on Tuesday into former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s appeal against last year’s abuse-of-office conviction, a verdict seen by many Western nations as politically motivated. See the original post: Ukraine puts off Tymoshenko appeal hearings  Read More →

Tweet ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos says that Greece is going to new elections after talks produced no deal…. Read the rest here: Venizelos: Greece talks fail  Read More →

Tweet ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will hold a new election after politicians failed to form a government on Tuesday, nine days following an inconclusive vote, prolonging a political crisis that pushes it closer to bankruptcy and exit from the euro. Read more from the original source: Greece will hold new vote after failure to form government  Read More →