Turkey car bomb attack kills two police, wounds 35: security sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A car bomb and rocket attack by Kurdish militants in Turkey killed two police officers and wounded 35 people in the southeastern province of Mardin on Friday, security sources said.
Two Italian hostages freed in Libya: sources
ROME (Reuters) – Two Italian civilians held hostage in Libya since last July have been freed, sources close to the matter said on Friday, a day after two other captives were reported to have been killed in the north African state.
Kazakh airline fires pilot found with marijuana in pocket
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s biggest airline said on Friday it has sacked a pilot who got caught with a bag of marijuana in his pocket after a flight and failed a drug test.
Philippines’ Pacquiao slides in opinion poll after anti-gay comments
MANILA (Reuters) – The popularity of Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao has declined following his anti-gay comments, but the former eight-division world champion could still win May Senate elections, an independent opinion poll showed on Friday.
Thirty people killed in Zimbabwe bus crash, several injured
HARARE (Reuters) – Thirty people were killed in Zimbabwe when a bus collided with a commuter minibus near a town to the west of the capital, the police said on Friday.
Turkish justice ministry calls for lifting immunity of pro-Kurdish MPs
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s justice ministry has submitted a request for parliament to lift the immunity from prosecution of the leaders of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), state-run Anadolu Agency said on Friday.
Syrian rebel group says government mobilizing to take more areas
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam said on Friday government forces were mobilizing in an attempt to seize more opposition-held territory having already taken areas since a cessation of hostilities agreement came into effect on Sa…
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe will not pick successor, wants to live to 100
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says his successor must be chosen democratically and that his wife will not automatically inherit the role, a warning to feuding members of his ZANU-PF party that he is still in charge after 36 year…
Turkey’s AKP forms plans for stronger presidency
ANKARA (Reuters) – Changes to Turkey’s constitution envisaged by the ruling AK Party could hand President Tayyip Erdogan new powers to draft legislation directly and pick ministers, senior officials said, moves opponents fear could entrench authoritari…
Palestinian woman rams car into Israeli soldier, shot dead: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian woman rammed her car into an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Friday and was then shot dead by troops at the scene, the Israeli military said.
