Tweet NAIROBI (Reuters) – The European Union’s anti-piracy force on Tuesday attacked pirate bases along the Somali coast for the first time, using helicopters to destroy suspect boats. Read this article: EU force hits Somali pirate targets on land  Read More →

Tweet PARIS (AP) — Francois Hollande campaigned for the French presidency with some pretty radical promises. But his carefully worded agenda and his political record suggest that after he takes over Tuesday, he’s likely to revert to the moderate consensus-building that has characterized his career…. Read more here: France’s... 

Tweet KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda may give amnesty to a top Joseph Kony associate arrested last week, a government official said, in an arrangement that would disappoint activists who want Caesar Acellam tried for Lord’s Resistance Army atrocities…. Read this article: Official: Uganda may pardon Joseph Kony associate  Read More →

Tweet LONDON (Reuters) – Rebekah Brooks, a close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was charged on Tuesday with interfering with a police investigation into a phone hacking scandal that has rocked the tycoon’s media empire and sent shockwaves through the British political establishment. Original post: Ex-Murdoch editor charged over UK... 

Tweet RAINANS/DALIAN (Reuters) – An elusive French architect is emerging as a key figure in China’s biggest political scandal in two decades, with evidence suggesting he shared both an affectionate and close business relationship with the Chinese woman at the heart of the scandal. See the original post here: Insight: French architect... 

Tweet ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – A suspected remote-controlled bomb went off in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee complex near Somalia on Tuesday, killing one police officer and wounding three, the local police chief said. Visit link: Blast at Kenya refugee camp kills police officer  Read More →

Tweet PARIS (AP) — France’s economy failed to grow in the first quarter of the year, according to data released Tuesday, raising concerns that the country could be heading toward a recession…. See the original post: France’s economy fails to grow in 1st quarter  Read More →

Tweet VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran’s talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog about Tehran’s atomic programme are going well, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday, the second day of discussions Go here to read the rest: Iran official says talks with IAEA good, environment constructive  Read More →

Tweet SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — She remembers Ratko Mladic looking straight into her eyes and promising to spare the other children. A soldier had just killed a 3-year-old because it was crying too loud…. Read the original post: Bosnian victim eager to see Ratko Mladic in court  Read More →

Tweet YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s president has assured his South Korean counterpart that his country will no longer buy weapons from North Korea, while conceding it had done so to some extent over the past 20 years…. More: Seoul: Myanmar halts arms buys from Pyongyang  Read More →