Mexico arrests seven officials over escape of drug kingpin
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican Attorney General’s office said on Friday it had arrested seven officials over suspected involvement in the jail break of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Yemen’s exiled government says Aden ‘liberated’, Houthis expelled
ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi-backed Yemeni fighters completed their offensive to retake the southern city of Aden from the Houthi militia on Friday, residents said, as fighting in one main district subsided.
Islamic State claims suicide car bomb that kills more than 100 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Islamic State militants since they overran large parts of the country.
Ukraine points finger at Russia as families mark downing of MH17
HRABOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president accused Russia’s military on Friday of ordering the missile strike that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 one year ago, as relatives gathered from the Netherlands to Australia to remember the 29…
German lawmakers back Greek bailout despite rebellion; Tsipras sacks dissenters
BERLIN (Reuters) – German lawmakers gave their go-ahead on Friday for the euro zone to negotiate a third bailout for Greece, but a warning from Chancellor Angela Merkel that the alternative was chaos failed to prevent a hefty rebellion in her own party…
Dozens flee homes as wildfires rage in Greece, PM urges calm
ATHENS (Reuters) – Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures broke out around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece on Friday, sending residents fleeing from flames threatening their homes.
Man sought in China graft probe to get rehearing before Canada refugee board
TORONTO (Reuters) – A businessman on China’s most-wanted list of people accused of corruption has won the right to a rehearing before the Canadian refugee board that could keep him from being deported.
Germany, France call for Minsk agreement to be fully effective by end 2015
PARIS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande held a telephone conversation with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on Friday to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine, the French presidency said.
Greek PM Tsipras sacks leftist party rebels in reshuffle
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sacked left-wing Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and two deputy ministers on Friday as he reshuffled his cabinet following a party revolt against a tough new bailout deal adopted this week.
Legend of escaped Mexican kingpin Guzman grows in drug heartland
CULIACAN, Mexico (Reuters) – In the days since Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman turned a grubby corner of his prison cell into an escape hatch to freedom, the notorious drug lord’s legend has soared to new heights in the gang-infested landscape of his home tu…
