Ukraine investigates claims Gaddafi funded Tymoshenko campaign
KIEV (Reuters) – Corruption investigators in Ukraine are looking into allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave a multi-million euro donation to the presidential campaign of Yulia Tymoshenko in 2010, Ukrainian MP Volodymyr Ariev said.
Israeli fire kills Palestinian at Gaza border, with more frontier protests ahead
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli fire killed a Palestinian at the Gaza border on Thursday and another died of wounds suffered several days ago, health officials said, bringing the number of Palestinian dead in a week of frontier protests and violence to 19.
Singapore police say no threat to plane that doubled back after bomb alert
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Two Singapore fighter jets escorted a civilian plane bound for Thailand safely back to the city-state on Thursday after a bomb threat by a passenger that turned out to be a false alarm.
Italy’s PD opts for opposition as president seeks coalition
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party (PD) plans to remain part of the opposition in the new parliament and not join any coalition government, the PD’s acting secretary Maurizio Martina said on Thursday.
What is known, and not known, about poisoning of ex-spy in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal remains critically ill in hospital more than a month after he was poisoned with a nerve agent in the southern English city of Salisbury.
Kremlin calls Facebook’s removal of Russian media accounts censorship
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Thursday said Facebook’s removal of accounts controlled by various Russian media was a hostile move that smacked of censorship.
Israeli fire kills Palestinian at Gaza border, with more protests ahead
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli fire killed a Palestinian at the Gaza border on Thursday and another died of wounds suffered several days ago, health officials said, bringing to 19 the number of Palestinian dead from a week of frontier protests.
Brazil’s top court rules that ex-president Lula can be jailed
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court early on Thursday rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plea to avoid prison while he appeals a corruption conviction, in a vote that likely ends his political career and deepens divisions in …
Thousands expected to march in support of South Africa’s Zuma at court appearance
DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma are expected to march to the Durban High Court on Friday, where Zuma will face corruption charges related to a decades-old arms deal.
Russia to U.S.: Immediately halt military activity on Korean Peninsula – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday said it wanted the United States to immediately halt all military activity on the Korean Peninsula, the RIA news agency reported.
