Officials deny report that U.S. preparing to release Israeli spy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Friday denied a Wall Street Journal report that the Obama administration was considering early release for Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel.
Saudis land in Aden with equipment to re-open airport: Arabiya TV
ADEN (Reuters) – Two Saudi aircraft landed at Aden on Friday bringing equipment needed to re-open the city’s airport four months after the Yemeni civil war shut it down, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported.
Magnitude 5.1 quake hits close to Pakistan’s Islamabad: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck very close to Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday.
Guatemala extradites suspected drug lord with Mexico gang ties to U.S
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A suspected Guatemalan drug kingpin with ties to the violent Mexican cartel Los Zetas was extradited to the United States on Friday to face trial for conspiring to traffic narcotics, the man’s lawyer said.
Belgium arrests two ex-Guantanamo inmates on terrorism charges
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium has arrested two former detainees of Guantanamo prison on charges of terrorism, saying the men are suspected of seeking recruits to fight in Syria, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Friday.
African Union, Somali troops capture second southern town from al Shabaab
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali government and African Union peacekeeping troops have captured a town in the south of the country from al Shabaab insurgents on Friday, the second seizure this week, government officials and the group said.
Syrian rebels escalate attacks on army in southern Deraa city
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian insurgents said they intensified shelling of a major army and security area in central Deraa on Friday in a new bid to capture government-held parts of the strategic city along the border with Jordan.
Special Report: How Sony sanitized Adam Sandler movie to please Chinese censors
HONG KONG/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In a 2013 script for the movie “Pixels,” intergalactic aliens blast a hole in one of China’s national treasures – the Great Wall.
Burundi’s Nkurunziza wins presidential vote boycotted by rivals
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza won a third term in office on Friday after the opposition boycotted the vote, a victory that leaves the east African nation politically divided and facing international isolation after months of…
Chilean military officers charged in 1986 murder of U.S. student
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Six former Chilean military officers will be charged with murder over the killing of a U.S. student during a Santiago labor strike in 1986, and a seventh will face charges of helping them, a judge said on Friday.
