Germany suspends treason probe against news website
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has suspended a treason investigation into a news website while experts decide whether its articles on plans to increase state surveillance of online communications constituted a revelation of state secrets.
Reports of Haqqani network founder’s death, but family denies
WANA/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Family members on Friday denied reports of the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the fearsome Haqqani militant network blamed for some of Afghanistan’s deadliest suicide attacks.
In a Yemen hospital, malnutrition menaces young lives
SANAA (Reuters) – Born just before the outbreak of Yemen’s devastating war, Ali Mohammed al-Tawaari may well not survive it.
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish PKK militant targets in northern Iraq: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq on Friday, CNN Turk television reported, in Ankara’s latest push against Kurdish militants.
NATO agrees plan to strengthen Iraq’s army
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO will help Iraq reform and strengthen its security forces which are reeling from a near collapse a year ago in the face of an offensive by Islamic State fighters, NATO said on Friday.
Chile’s Pinochet covered up report on death of U.S. student, documents say
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet stifled a police report that accused military officers of burning and killing a U.S. student in 1986, according to declassified U.S. government documents published by a research group on Fri…
Four Indians held near Islamic State stronghold in Libya, two freed
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Friday that four of its nationals had been detained near the Libyan coastal city of Sirte, an area that is under the control of Islamic State militants, but that it had secured the release of two of them.
Minister intervenes to give Chinese artist Ai Weiwei full UK visa
LONDON (Reuters) – British Home Secretary Theresa May has intervened to reverse a decision by her officials and grant dissident Chinese artist and free speech advocate Ai Weiwei a full six-month visa to enter Britain, her government department said on …
Vaccine success holds hope for end to deadly scourge of Ebola
LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) – The world is on the verge of being able to protect humans against Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Friday, as a trial in Guinea found a vaccine to have been 100 percent effective.
Spain’s Rajoy loosens purse strings, recovery boosts election-year budget
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Mariano Rajoy sought to persuade Spaniards on Friday that earlier austerity would be reverted if he won re-election later this year, unveiling a 2016 budget featuring the first spending hikes since he took office.
