Greeks strike as new reforms loom on tax and pensions
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greeks went on a 48-hour nationwide strike on Friday to protest against tax and pension reforms, as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appealed to fractious lawmakers to approve the overhaul as part of a multi-billion euro bailout.
Islamist rebels seize village near Aleppo, 73 killed: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebels seized a village from government forces near Aleppo overnight, a monitoring group and rebel sources said on Friday, gaining important ground near the Syrian city where the United States and Russia are trying to de-escalate the…
Russia’s Lavrov: U.S. must give us legal guarantee over Asian anti-missile system
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow needed legal guarantees from the United States that its planned Asian anti-missile system would not be directed against Russia.
North Korean leader hails nuclear success in opening congress
PYONGYANG (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday hailed the country’s recent nuclear test and launch of a satellite into space, as he opened the first congress of the country’s ruling Workers’ Party in 36 years.
Death toll from Kenyan building collapse reaches 42
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The death toll from the collapse of a building in the Kenyan capital a week ago has reached 42, police said on Friday.
Lawmaker in India’s Goa charged with buying, drugging and raping teen girl
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A lawmaker in India’s beach state of Goa has been charged with buying, drugging and raping a 16-year-old girl in a case which will be closely watched by anti-slavery activists as the country moves to crackdown …
‘Russian Rambo’, hero of Kremlin’s Syria campaign, buried with pomp
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A special forces officer killed in Syria, nicknamed the Russian Rambo by state media, was buried on Friday in a blaze of publicity and pomp, with the Kremlin allowing blanket TV coverage as an exception for 25-year-old Alexander Prok…
Syria denies targeting camps, U.N. condemns ‘murderous attacks’
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – The Syrian military denied on Friday it had conducted air strikes on a camp near the Turkish border that killed at least 28 people, but a top U.N. official said initial reports suggested a government plane was responsible for …
Turkey’s Erdogan rebuffs EU on terrorism law; ‘we’re going our way, you go yours.’
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan told the European Union on Friday that Turkey would not make changes to its terrorism laws required under a deal to curb migration, and declared: “we’re going our way, you go yours”.
Irish prime minister secures re-election after 10-week stalemate
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Enda Kenny was re-elected Ireland’s prime minister on Friday to end 10 weeks of political deadlock, when his party’s biggest rival abstained to usher in the first minority government in decades — and one many believe will be short-l…
