Hijacked tanker Orkim Harmony being rerouted to Indonesia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The hijacked oil tanker Orkim Harmony is being shadowed by a Malaysian naval ship and has been redirected east to Indonesia’s Natuna Island, and should arrive on Saturday, the Malaysian navy and media said on Friday.
Danish centre-right opposition wins election, PM quits party
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish voters ousted Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt in an election on Thursday and handed power to an opposition centre-right alliance including huge gains for a eurosceptic, anti-immigrant party.
U.S. judge calls case of Russian who joined Taliban a ‘new frontier’
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A federal judge in Virginia in the case of a former Russian army officer accused of fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan asked attorneys in the case on Thursday to focus on whether as a war combatant he was protected from …
Opposition heads for Denmark election victory in boost to far right
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – An opposition centre-right alliance led by former prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen was poised to take power in Denmark after an election on Thursday that also gave a big boost to an anti-immigration, right-wing party.
Pope demands ‘action now’ to save planet from environmental ruin
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis demanded swift action on Thursday to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging world leaders to hear “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” and plunging the Catholic Church into political controversy …
Zimbabwe youth feel corruption’s sting
BULAWYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mikah Mbewe performed dismally in his high school examinations and decided the next best thing to make sure he could find a good job was to get a driver’s license.
U.S. training for Syrian rebels moving slower than expected: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. effort to build a moderate Syrian opposition force that can stand up to Islamic State rebels is moving more slowly than expected due to complications vetting volunteers and bringing them out of Syria for training, the Pe…
Chad says it bombs Boko Haram bases in Nigeria; Nigeria denies it
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad’s military said it had carried out air strikes against Boko Haram bases in Nigeria in retaliation for twin suicide bombings in Chad this week that killed at least 34 people, but the announcement was strongly rejected by Niger…
Brazil senators say bus attacked on Venezuela visit to prisoners
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Brazilian senators seeking to visit jailed opposition leaders in Venezuela on Thursday said their minibus was stoned and blocked, forcing them to return to the airport.
Militant group denies U.S. air strike killed Algerian Belmokhtar
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – The Sahara-based Islamist group al-Mourabitoun on Thursday denied reports that veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of its leaders, was killed in a U.S. air strike in eastern Libya last week.
