Taxis parade once-empty streets of North Korean capital
PYONGYANG (Reuters) – Ahead of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party anniversary on Saturday, it is a parade of taxis, not tanks, that stands out most in the isolated country’s capital, Pyongyang. Parts of impoverished North Korea have been serviced for decades by a small fleet of run-down taxis, but in the last few years the industry has mushroomed in Pyongyang, fueled by a rising consumer class.
Ukraine ex-security official doubts MH17 report will give answers
VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A former top official in Ukraine’s security service said on Friday he doubted a final international report on the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 would provide conclusive answers.
German opposition to EU-U.S. trade deal takes to the streets
BERLIN (Reuters) – At least 50,000 people are set to demonstrate in Berlin on Saturday in Germany’s biggest mass rally yet against a U.S.-EU trade deal, suggesting government efforts to warm public opinion to the pact are not working.
Bavaria threatens to take German government to court over refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – The state of Bavaria threatened on Friday to take the German government to court if it fails to take immediate steps to limit the flow of asylum seekers to Germany.
Son-in-law of Burundian activist shot dead in capital
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Unknown gunmen on Friday killed the son-in-law of a prominent Burundian human rights activist who openly opposed President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial bid for a third term in office, a relative said.
Exclusive: EU set to suspend Belarus sanctions for four months after vote
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will lift its sanctions on Belarus, including those on authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, for four months after Sunday’s vote, barring any last-minute crackdown, diplomatic sources said.
Italy sends Eritreans to Sweden to seek asylum under EU plan
ROME (Reuters) – Italy sent a first group of Eritrean asylum seekers to Sweden on Friday as part of a European Union relocation plan aimed at easing the burden on border states amid the continent’s biggest migration crisis since World War Two.
Four Arabs stabbed in southern Israel, Jewish suspect held
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Four Arabs were stabbed in a town in southern Israel on Friday and a Jewish suspect was arrested, police said. The attacks follow a surge in knife violence by Palestinians against Israelis.
Fire sweeps through Philippine prison killing 10 inmates
MANILA (Reuters) – Fire swept through a maximum-security Philippine prison killing 10 inmates, most of them in their cells, authorities said on Friday, in a disaster likely to highlight woeful conditions in one of the world’s most over-crowded prison s…
Senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards general killed in Syria: IRGC
ANKARA (Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary Guards general has been killed near Aleppo, where he was advising the Syrian army on their battle against Islamic State fighters, the guards said in a statement on Friday.
