French police stage fifth night of protest, Hollande pledges meeting
PARIS (Reuters) – French police staged protests in Paris and other cities for a fifth night on Friday, in a movement showing no sign of abating despite President Francois Hollande’s government attempts to defuse tensions just months before a presidenti…
Ecuador judge orders jail for ex-minister in Petroecuador bribery case
QUITO (Reuters) – A local judge in Ecuador on Friday ordered preventive prison for a former oil minister on grounds of bribery amid an investigation into a $12 million corruption scandal in the Andean country’s state oil company. Ecuador’s public pr…
Syrian army and Russian jets halt Aleppo bombardment for second day
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army and Russia’s air force halted their bombardment of rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Friday, a monitoring group said, on the second of four consecutive daytime unilateral ceasefires in the city that have been rejected by insu…
Peru protests risk halting one of world’s biggest copper mines: MMG
LIMA (Reuters) – Supplies needed to keep operating one of the world’s biggest copper mines, Las Bambas, are running out as access roads remain blocked by protesters in Peru, Chinese-owned miner MMG Ltd said on Friday.
Islamic State attacks Kirkuk as Iraqi forces push on Mosul
QAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State launched a major attack on the city of Kirkuk on Friday as Iraqi and Kurdish forces pursued operations to seize territory around Mosul in preparation for an offensive on the jihadists’ last major stronghold in Ir…
Parties to Yemen war exchange accusations of breaching ceasefire
SANAA (Reuters) – Warring factions in the war in Yemen exchanged accusations on Friday of violating a 72-hour ceasefire that began just before midnight on Wednesday, with the Saudi-led coalition saying Houthi forces have breached the truce by attacking…
London City airport declared safe after ‘chemical incident’
LONDON (Reuters) – London City airport was declared safe on Friday after hundreds of passengers had to be evacuated and two were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties in an incident that police suspect was caused by CS gas.
U.S. says it killed 8 al Qaeda-affiliated militants in Yemen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military killed eight al Qaeda-affiliated militants in two strikes in Yemen this month, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Friday.
Brazil government worried arrest could hamper spending cap vote
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government fears that fallout from the arrest of the lower house’s former speaker could cost it votes needed on Tuesday to convincingly pass a spending cap that is the pillar of its fiscal discipline plan, government aides…
Philippines’ Duterte says didn’t really mean ‘separation’ from U.S.
DAVAO, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he was not severing ties with his country’s long-time ally the United States, but merely pursuing a more independent foreign policy by strengthening relations with China…
