Eleven killed in mass Papua New Guinea jail break: media
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Police in Papua New Guinea shot and killed 11 prisoners and wounded 17 after a mass prison breakout in the Pacific nation’s second largest city, PNG media outlet EMTV reported on Friday.
Italian Senate approves diluted civil union bill
(This Feb. 25 story has been corrected to clarify in paras 11 and 12 that some rights reserved only for homosexual civil unions)
Syria peace talks may restart March 7 in Geneva: Russian official
MOSCOW (Reuters) – International talks to resolve the Syria crisis may restart in Geneva on March 7, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said on condition of anonymity on Friday.
Prominent Turkish journalists freed after top court ruled their rights violated
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Two prominent Turkish journalists from a leading opposition newspaper have been freed in the early hours of Friday after Turkey’s top court ruled that their detentions had violated their rights.
Foreign submarine sighted in Sweden last year: Dagens Nyheter
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish military sighted a foreign submarine in the Stockholm archipelago during a drill last year, just six months after the biggest submarine hunt in Sweden for over two decades, daily Dagens Nyheter reported on Friday.
Philippine army kills 42 Islamist militants in battles in south
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine security forces killed as many as 42 Muslim rebels claiming links with Islamic State and captured their stronghold during five days of fighting in the mountains of a southern island, an army spokesman said on Friday.
Jamaica’s opposition wins general election as voters tire of austerity
KINGSTON (Reuters) – Jamaica’s opposition narrowly won a general election on Thursday, with its message of deep tax cuts and massive job creation winning over voters weary of years of tough IMF-mandated austerity measures.
Russia, Syrian army pound rebels ahead of fighting halt
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russian warplanes bombed Syrian rebel-held areas in northwestern Syria and government forces pounded a suburb of the capital on Thursday, ahead of a planned halt to fighting that rebels predicted Damascus and Moscow would ignore.
Australian abuse victims journey to Rome for Vatican treasurer testimony
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian child sex abuse victims on Friday began a journey half way around the world to watch the Vatican’s Australian-born finance director testify in Rome about his knowledge of child molestation within the Catholic Church.
Haiti interim president appoints prime minister to help organize election
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s provisional president has appointed reputable economist Fritz Jean as the new prime minister, a senior official said, in a step forward for the impoverished Caribbean nation that is trying to quickly hold a delayed pr…
