Colombia’s FARC temporarily suspend campaign amid angry protests
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s former FARC rebel group, now a political party, on Friday temporarily suspended its presidential and legislative election campaigns due to security concerns after angry protests disrupted their campaign stops.
Cardinal says Vatican-China deal would put Catholics in communist cage
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A senior Catholic cardinal accused the Vatican on Friday of acting “unfaithfully” in its rapprochement with China, saying it would put the country’s some 12 million faithful in a bird cage controlled by the Communist Party.
Philippines to ask airlines to bring Filipinos home after Kuwait deaths
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines will ask its private airlines to evacuate its nationals from Kuwait within 72 hours after the discovery of a Filipino migrant worker dead in a freezer, the latest in what Manila calls a pattern of abuse in the Gulf st…
Bombing at mosque in Libya’s Benghazi kills two, wounds 55: medics
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Two people were killed and 55 wounded in a twin bombing inside a mosque in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, medics said.
German SPD leader bows to party criticism, says won’t be foreign minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – Martin Schulz, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), abandoned a plan on Friday to serve as German foreign minister, seeking to end a party row over his role and boost support among members for a new ‘grand coalition’ with Angela Mer…
Pence avoids Olympics encounter with North Korean official as Korean athletes march together
SEOUL/PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence made only a brief appearance at a reception marking the start of the Winter Olympics on Friday, avoiding a potentially awkward encounter with the ceremonial leader of North Korea…
Shoot me, don’t jail me, Philippines’ Duterte tells Hague court prosecutor
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday told the International Criminal Court (ICC) to go ahead and investigate him for crimes against humanity, and said he would prefer to face a firing squad than be jailed.
Bombing at mosque in Libya’s Benghazi kills one, wounds 37: residents
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – One person was killed and 37 wounded by a twin bombing inside a mosque in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, medics said.
EU’s Barnier warns Britain post-Brexit transition ‘not a given’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A post-Brexit transition is “not a given”, the European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier warned Britain on Friday, saying London had raised “substantial” issues with the adaptation period as proposed by the bloc.
France demands end to Syria air strikes as more hit rebel-held Ghouta
BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) – France demanded an end to air strikes in Syria on Friday as warplanes mounted further attacks on a rebel stronghold near Damascus where a war monitor said government bombardments have killed 229 people, the deadliest week in th…
