Venezuelan opposition in final protest push ahead of Sunday vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Rock-throwing Venezuelans braved tear gas and rainstorms on Friday, blocking streets in protest against a legislative super-body to be elected on Sunday that critics call an attempt by President Nicolas Maduro to create a dictatorsh…
Migrant kills man in Hamburg supermarket stabbing, six hurt
HAMBURG (Reuters) – A 26-year-old migrant to Germany who was supposed to leave the country went on a stabbing spree with a kitchen knife in a Hamburg supermarket on Friday, killing a 50-year-old man and leaving six others injured, police and city offic…
Islamic State attack targets SDF-held area in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants attacked U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) east of Raqqa on Friday, setting off clashes and abducting a number of people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Ex-Greek minister guilty of money laundering in Siemens scandal
ATHENS (Reuters) – A former Greek minister was found guilty on Friday of money laundering over contracts between the Greek unit of Siemens and then state-controlled telecoms group OTE.
Arab states to meet in Bahrain on Saturday to discuss Qatar
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will meet in Manama on Saturday to discuss the latest developments on their blockade of Qatar, Egypt’s foreign ministry said on Friday.
Vietnam says others should respect its right to drill for South China Sea oil
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam on Friday said other countries should respect its legitimate right to drill for oil in its waters amid growing tension with China over energy development in the South China Sea.
British ‘Spiderman’ sentenced in massive German router attack
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – A 29-year-old British hacker-for-hire was convicted by a German court on Friday after he confessed to unleashing a cyber attack that knocked out the internet for around 1 million Deutsche Telekom customers.
Indonesia drug czar warns methamphetamine seizures tip of iceberg
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is probably only stopping a fraction of what could be hundreds of tonnes of methamphetamine flooding in from countries such as China, even after a record seizure this month, its anti-narcotics czar said.
Detained Myanmar journalists defiant at ‘unlawful association’ trial
YANGON (Reuters) – Three Myanmar journalists accused of breaking the law by covering an event hosted by a rebel army were defiant as their trial began in the country’s northeast on Friday, in a case that has raised concerns about freedom of expression….
Trump to sign Russia sanctions, Moscow retaliates
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will sign legislation that imposes sanctions on Russia, the White House said on Friday, after Moscow ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and said it would seize two U.S…
