Euro ministers give blessing to Greek bailout, wooing IMF on debt
BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers agreed on Friday to lend Greece up to 86 billion euros ($96 billion) after Greek lawmakers accepted their stiff conditions despite a revolt by supporters of leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Cuba says won’t move ‘one millimeter’ to placate enemies in U.S.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s lead negotiator in talks with Washington told Reuters on Friday that the island’s internal affairs would never be on the table and Havana would never move “one millimeter” to placate enemies in the United States.
Syrian planes strike hospitals in rebel northwest, killing 11: MSF
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian warplanes have killed 11 people in strikes against hospitals in rebel-held Idlib province in the past week, the international charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday.
Six people killed, eight wounded in attacks in Turkey’s southeast
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Six people were killed and eight wounded on Friday as violence between Kurdish militants and Turkish soldiers flared up again in Turkey’s southeast, security sources and the military said.
Turkish nationalists reject minority government in blow to Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s nationalist opposition made clear on Friday it would not roll over and back a minority government, making President Tayyip Erdogan’s aim of taking the country to a snap election with the ruling party in control look increasi…
PAHO Venezuela worries about cancer medicine shortage
CARACAS (Reuters) – Reports of shortages of cancer medicines in Venezuela are worrisome, a doctor representing the World Health Organization’s Americas arm in the scarcity-hit country said in a rare interview this week.
U.S., allies hit Islamic State with 23 air strikes in Iraq: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition conducted 23 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq on Thursday, concentrating on targets near Ramadi to surround and then retake the city, according to a military statement on Friday.
China defends initial response to chemical fires after port blasts
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – China on Friday defended fire fighters who initially hosed water on a blaze in a warehouse storing volatile chemicals, a response foreign experts said could have contributed to two huge blasts that killed 56 people.
Japan PM expresses ‘utmost grief’ over WW2 but no fresh apology
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed the “utmost grief” on Friday for the “immeasurable damage and suffering” Japan inflicted during World War Two, but said future generations should not have to keep apologizing for the mistak…
Congo charges 34 with genocide in inter-ethnic fighting
KINSHASA (Reuters) – A prosecutor in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday he had charged 34 people with genocide and crimes against humanity in inter-ethnic violence in the country’s southeast.
