Brazil probes $5.4 billion Saab fighter deal
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian prosecutor is investigating possible corruption in Brazil’s $5.4 billion purchase of 36 Gripen fighter planes from Sweden’s Saab AB.
Thirty-three people killed, mostly children, in bus crash in Morocco
RABAT (Reuters) – At least 33 people were killed, most of them children, when a bus burst into flames after colliding with a gas tanker in Morocco on Friday, a local official and a rights group said.
Syria talks in Moscow end with no progress
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Talks between representatives of the Syrian government and some mainstream members of the opposition ended in Moscow with no sign of progress toward ending a four-year-old conflict that has killed more than 220,000 people.
Suicide bombs, roadside blast kill 15 Afghan civilians
KABUL (Reuters) – Suicide car bombers struck foreign vehicles in eastern Afghanistan and Kabul on Friday, killing three Afghans and wounding others, and a roadside blast killed a dozen people on their way to a wedding, officials said.
One dead in protest against peacekeepers in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – One person died and a dozen people were wounded when hundreds of protesters clashed with U.N. peacekeepers in the Central African Republic on Friday, local authorities said.
After Damascus move, Islamic State attacks rivals near Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State has bolstered its forces north of Syria’s second city Aleppo, where it is attacking rivals as part of a broader push beyond its eastern strongholds, a rebel leader and a monitoring group said.
Sudan’s Bashir strengthens regional ties ahead of elections
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – After more than a quarter of a century in power, Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir looks as strong as ever ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections next week.
In British election, nationalists may seize nearly all Scottish seats
LONDON (Reuters) – A forecast on Friday showed Scottish nationalists could take nearly all the parliamentary seats in Scotland in the British election on May 7, potentially giving a party that wants to leave the United Kingdom huge influence at the hea…
Russia says move to cap its NATO mission has Cold War echoes
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A move by NATO to cap the size of Russia’s diplomatic mission at the alliance’s Brussels headquarters has echoes of the Cold War, RIA news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry Alexei Meshkov as saying on Friday.
German army to procure more than 100 additional Leopard 2 tanks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany plans to procure more than 100 additional Leopard 2 tanks, a government spokesman said on Friday, as it seeks to ensure its troops are ready for action in response to concerns over recent Russian assertiveness.
