Shun gangs, have hope, Pope tells inmates at violent Bolivian jail
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (Reuters) – Saying he too had made mistakes and sinned, Pope Francis on Friday urged inmates at one of Latin America’s most violent prisons to shun gang violence and exhorted guards to treat them with dignity.
Kerry doesn’t view Russia as existential threat: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry does not agree with the Marine Corps general nominated to be America’s next top uniformed commander that Russia poses an existential threat to the United States, a spokesman said on Friday.
Al Shabaab attacks hotels in Somali capital, six civilians killed
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least six civilians and four militants were killed when al Shabaab Islamists attacked two hotels in the center of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, police said.
Iran, powers give themselves to Monday for nuclear deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and major powers gave themselves until Monday to reach a nuclear agreement, their third extension in two weeks, as Tehran accused the West of throwing up new stumbling blocks to a deal.
Tunisia recovers 28 migrants’ bodies from the sea
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian authorities have recovered from the sea the bodies of 28 migrants believed to have died on a clandestine voyage trying to reach Italy, a civil protection source said on Friday.
For Gazans, fence with Israel is a leap into the unknown
GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER (Reuters) – From his spartan room in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, 18-year-old Abdalla al-Haddad could glimpse a narrow chance at a better life: it was less than a mile and a 3-1/2-metre fence away.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says Assad regains momentum after setbacks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese militia group Hezbollah said on Friday that the Syrian army’s resistance to recent large-scale rebel attacks had disproved predictions that President Bashar al-Assad’s days were numbered.
Several killed in attack on Mogadishu hotel
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Six civilians and four militants died when al Shabaab fighters attacked the Wehliya Hotel in the middle of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, police said.
India, Pakistan to join China, Russia in security group
UFA, Russia (Reuters) – India and Pakistan began accession to a regional security group led by China and Russia on Friday after two days of summits which President Vladimir Putin held up as evidence Moscow is not isolated in the world.
Russia says Srebrenica perpetrators should be brought to justice
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia called on Friday for all people responsible for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys to be brought to justice.
