Suu Kyi urges supporters not to let race, religion dominate election
Toungup, MYANMAR (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged supporters on Friday not to let the issues of race and religion dominate a Nov. 8 parliamentary election, as she fended off questions over the country becoming majority Musli…
Death toll in Turkey’s twin bombings rises to 102: prosecutor’s office
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Three people wounded in last Saturday’s double suicide bombings in Turkey’s capital Ankara have died of their injuries, the chief prosecutor’s office said on Friday, bringing the death toll to 102.
Malaysia arrests hacker for supplying U.S. targets to Islamic State
KUALA LUMPUR/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At the request of the United States, Malaysia has arrested a man on charges of hacking personal data of more than a thousand U.S. officials and handing it to Islamic State militants in Syria so they could target the …
Italian police find more than 20 tonnes of hashish in cargo ship
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police found more than 20 tonnes of hashish with an estimated street value of 200 million euros ($230 million) hidden in the hull of a cargo ship, a statement said on Friday.
Croatia says it has agreed plan on migrants with Slovenia
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia has a plan to manage the flow of migrants agreed with Slovenia that it will start implementing when Hungary seals off the Hungarian-Croatian border, the government’s spokesman said on Friday.
French investigators look into Strauss-Kahn’s financial affairs
PARIS (Reuters) – French investigators are looking into the financial dealings of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn after legal complaints by people who put money into a now-bankrupt investment fund he headed, an official in the French judiciary …
U.N. urges EU to speed registration, relocation of refugees
GENEVA (Reuters) – The European Union must quickly establish adequate centers to receive and register asylum seekers in Greece and Italy and then distribute them across the bloc before winter sets in, the United Nations said on Friday.
More than 400 dead in southeast Congo measles outbreak: U.N.
KINSHASA (Reuters) – A measles outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper-mining southeast has killed 428 people and infected about 30,000 since the start of the year, the United Nations said on Friday.
Ethiopian court acquits four bloggers of terrorism charges
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian court on Friday acquitted four remaining members of a blogging group tried on terrorism charges, their lawyer said.
Taliban defiant over delay to U.S. troop reduction in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban on Friday brushed aside a U.S. decision to delay withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, saying it would do nothing to save an “unwinnable war” and promising to step up its campaign against the Western-backed government in Ka…
