U.N. Yemen envoy suggests Geneva location for peace talks
CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Nations’ special envoy for Yemen has suggested Geneva as a location for holding peace talks due to restart this month on ending conflict in the war-torn country, Saba news agency reported late on Friday.
Bus fare protest in Brazil’s biggest city turns violent
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian riot police on Friday fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a violent protest against a rise in public transport fares in the country’s largest city, Sao Paulo.
China makes five more arrests over deadly Shenzhen landslide: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese police have arrested five more officials of a company involved in a deadly landslide that buried 77 people last month, state news agency Xinhua said, taking the tally of arrests to 16.
Mexico recaptures drug boss ‘Chapo’ Guzman after shootout
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico recaptured the world’s most notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman with U.S. help in a violent standoff on Friday, six months after he humiliated President Enrique Pena Nieto with a jaw-dropping escape from a maxim…
Bus fare protest in Brazil’s biggest city turns violent
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian riot police on Friday fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a violent protest against a rise in public transport fares in the country’s largest city, Sao Paulo.
Asylum seekers among suspects in Cologne’s New Year violence
BERLIN (Reuters) – Nearly two dozen asylum seekers are among those suspected of involvement in mass assaults and muggings on New Year’s Eve in Cologne, officials said on Friday, intensifying a debate about Germany’s welcome for hundreds of thousands of…
U.S. ‘disturbed’ by case of missing Hong Kong booksellers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it was disturbed by reports that five Hong Kong booksellers critical of China’s leaders had disappeared.
Erdogan says attempted Islamic State attack vindicates Iraq deployment
ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An attempted attack by Islamic State on a military base in northern Iraq shows Turkey’s decision to deploy troops there was justified, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, suggesting Russia was stirring up a row over the …
Foreign tourists wounded in attack at Egyptian Red Sea resort
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Two assailants armed with a gun, a knife and a suicide belt attacked a hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Hurghada on Friday, wounding two foreign tourists, security sources said.
Aid to be delivered to starving Syrian towns as early as Sunday
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Humanitarian groups could begin delivering much-needed aid in three besieged Syrian towns as early as Sunday, spokesmen said on Friday.
