Worst of MERS outbreak may be over in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – The MERS outbreak that has spread through health facilities in South Korea may have peaked, although two hospitals that treated people with the deadly respiratory disease have been sealed off, officials said.
Poland says Washington stonewalling CIA jail investigation
WARSAW/KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – The United States is ignoring a request from Poland to hand over the full version of a Senate report that could shed light on allegations the CIA abused al Qaeda suspects at a secret prison in the north of the country,…
Radicalism spells chaos for Venezuela, says ‘Chavismo’ defector
BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (Reuters) – When state governor Henri Falcon abandoned Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party in 2010 and later joined the opposition, he was pilloried as a “traitor” by former pal and then president Hugo Chavez.
Portugal Socialists’ lead narrows, no full majority: poll
LISBON (Reuters) – Support for Portugal’s main opposition Socialists fell in the latest opinion poll, diminishing their lead over the ruling coalition as no group appears to be able to clinch an outright parliament majority in an election in the autumn…
U.S. allies conduct 23 air strikes against Islamic State: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and coalition forces conducted 13 air strikes targeting Islamic State in Iraq on Thursday, as well as 10 strikes against the militant group in Syria, the U.S. military said.
China inspects six more state firms in anti-graft drive
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top anti-graft watchdog said Friday it had carried out inspections at six major state-owned enterprises in industries ranging from energy to construction, as the ruling Communist Party expands its anti-corruption dragnet.
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 37 near northeast Nigeria’s Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed 37 people in raids on five villages around Maiduguri, the capital of northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, a military source and a local village defense group said on Friday.
Strauss-Kahn acquitted in French vice trial
LILLE, France (Reuters) – Dominique Strauss-Kahn was acquitted of sex crime accusations by a French court on Friday, the final chapter in a transatlantic scandal that destroyed the political ambitions of a man once tipped to become his country’s presid…
Belgium to revoke passports of suspected Islamist fighters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Belgian government proposed a law on Friday which will invalidate passports and identity cards of people authorities believe plan to go and fight for militant Islamist organizations in the Middle East.
U.S. troops at Taqaddum to help Iraqis plan fight for Ramadi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has said American forces being sent to a new operations center in the heart of the war against Islamic State will not engage in combat, but they will do almost everything but fight to support the beleaguere…
