Outgoing U.N. Libya envoy urges factions to accept unity plan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The outgoing United Nations envoy to Libya on Thursday urged Libya’s rival factions to halt their attempts to obstruct a power-sharing plan intended to end a long-standing political crisis in the conflict torn country.
Turkish colonel, men cleared of killing 21 during Kurdish war
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A former Turkish colonel and seven other members of the security forces were cleared on Thursday of involvement in the deaths of 21 Kurdish people two decades ago, in a court case European officials and activists had said was a tes…
Gunmen snatch dozens of Tunisians in Libya: officials
TUNIS (Reuters) – Gunmen have kidnapped dozens of Tunisians in western Libya to demand the release of a Libyan arrested in Tunisia, families and authorities said on Thursday.
Brazil speaker faces ethics hearings over Swiss bank accounts
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian Congressional ethics committee on Thursday picked a first-term legislator to lead an investigation into secret Swiss bank accounts allegedly held by Eduardo Cunha, the speaker of the lower house.
Britain says resuming flights from Sharm al-Sheikh to UK
(Reuters) – Britain will resume flights from the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh on Friday after agreeing on additional security measures with Cairo, the prime minister’s office said.
As barbs fly, Macri team says no need to fear Argentina devaluation
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine presidential challenger Mauricio Macri’s campaign fought back on Thursday against ruling party claims that his plan to remove currency controls would unleash a sharp devaluation, saying it would instead reboot the ail…
Netanyahu’s new media chief has called Obama anti-Semitic, Kerry ‘comical’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – He has accused Barack Obama of anti-Semitism, suggested his own country’s president was not important enough to assassinate and described U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as having the mental abilities of a 12-year-old.
Five injured in factory explosion in Romania
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Five people were injured in an explosion at a bread factory in the central Romanian city of Brasov late on Thursday and firefighters were trying to extract a person from the rubble, Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat said.
Finnish PM says government could collapse on Friday
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila said his center-right government could collapse unless the coalition agrees on health care reform by Friday morning.
Syrian rebels seize town in west in blow to government
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Insurgents captured a town on a major highway in western Syria on Thursday, in a blow to the Russian-backed campaign against them, rebels and a monitoring group said.
