Afghan leader extends parliament’s term, promises election date
KABUL (Reuters) – With elections delayed by political squabbling, Afghanistan’s president issued a decree on Friday extending parliament’s mandate until a vote could be held.
Center-right Argentine candidate names loyalist as running mate
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine Senator Gabriela Michetti will be the running mate of presidential candidate Mauricio Macri, he said on Friday, defining the battle lines ahead of an October election that will pit the business-friendly duo against th…
Israeli killed, another wounded in West Bank shooting
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli civilian was killed and another wounded in the occupied West Bank on Friday in an attack apparently carried out by a Palestinian gunman, a hospital spokeswoman and security forces said.
Danes ride euroskeptic wave as kingmaker party sticks to referendum line
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A wave of euroskepticism spreading across Europe reached Denmark on Friday, with the party cast as kingmaker after elections standing by demands for a referendum on EU membership as its price for joining a coalition government.
Syrian rebels set eyes on divided Aleppo
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian insurgents say they have begun a campaign to capture full control of the divided city of Aleppo, Syria’s most populous city before it become a main battleground in its four-year-old civil war.
Nigerian military says to investigate Amnesty killing allegations
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said on Friday it was investigating allegations by Amnesty International that more than 8,000 people had died in detention during a crackdown on Islamist militant group Boko Haram, weeks after dismissing the report….
English city stunned by family’s flight to join Islamic State
BRADFORD, England (Reuters) – Zahoor Ahmed shakes his head in disbelief as he surveys the back of a terraced house belonging to the family of the three Dawood sisters, believed to have traveled to Syria to join Islamic State militants and brought their…
China extends reach into Hong Kong to thwart democrats
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s democrats won their battle to veto a Beijing-backed electoral reform package, but face an increasingly organized campaign by pro-Chinese government movements in the longer war over the former British colony’s democrati…
Myanmar returns rescued migrants to Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – Thirty-seven Bangladeshi migrants rescued from a boat at sea by Myanmar authorities were handed over to Bangladesh authorities on Friday.
WikiLeaks publishes more than 60,000 leaked diplomatic cables from Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) – WikiLeaks published on Friday more than 60,000 diplomatic cables from Saudi Arabia and said on its website it would release half a million more in the coming weeks.
