Planemakers poised for Iranian buying spree if nuclear deal reached
PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) – Western planemakers look set to reap billions of dollars in deals with Iran, if a deal is done on its nuclear program to allow one of the world’s most promising aviation markets to come out of quarantine.
Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemeni cities two hours into truce -residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen’s capital and another main city causing explosions, residents reported, two hours after a United Nations humanitarian truce took effect.
Greek PM Tsipras seeks party backing after abrupt concessions
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appealed to his party’s lawmakers on Friday to back a tough reform package after abruptly offering last-minute concessions to try to save the country from financial meltdown.
Pope urges Paraguay to consolidate democracy, end drug trade, graft
ASUNCION, Paraguay (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged Paraguay to consolidate democracy and end corruption and drug trafficking, after receiving a colorful welcome on Friday at the start of the last leg of his eight-day South American tour.
Former Vatican ambassador goes on trial in child abuse case
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic, will go on trial on Saturday accused of child sex offences in a case seen as a test of Pope Francis’s drive to clean up the church.
U.S., allies conduct air strikes in Syria, Iraq against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State on Thursday with 16 air strikes in Iraq and 15 strikes against the militant group in Syria, the U.S. military said in a statement on Friday.
Rio de Janeiro subway assailants shoot man dead, force shutdown
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Assailants shot and killed a man beside a subway-station ticket counter in central Rio de Janeiro Friday afternoon, prompting a shutdown of the station and renewing security concerns just over a year before the city hosts the…
Shun gangs, have hope, Pope tells inmates at violent Bolivian jail
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (Reuters) – Saying he too had made mistakes and sinned, Pope Francis on Friday urged inmates at one of Latin America’s most violent prisons to shun gang violence and exhorted guards to treat them with dignity.
Kerry doesn’t view Russia as existential threat: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry does not agree with the Marine Corps general nominated to be America’s next top uniformed commander that Russia poses an existential threat to the United States, a spokesman said on Friday.
Al Shabaab attacks hotels in Somali capital, six civilians killed
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least six civilians and four militants were killed when al Shabaab Islamists attacked two hotels in the center of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, police said.
