Haiti picks election council to get back on democratic path
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti on Friday installed a Provisional Electoral Council in a key step toward averting a constitutional crisis after weeks of protests and political uncertainty.
Argentina suspects rogue agents were behind death of prosecutor
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina suspects rogue agents from its own intelligence services were behind the death of a state prosecutor investigating the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
Darfur offers Islamists ‘fertile ground’ as violence persists: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations experts warned that Sudan’s remote western territories could become a breeding ground for radical Islamists as violence in the country’s conflict-torn Darfur region rages at an alarming level.
U.S.’ Kerry, Iran foreign minister confer on nuke talks
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif met here on Thursday, a senior State Department official said, the latest in an intensifying series of talks to reach a deal on Iran’s d…
Islamic State deadline on Japanese captives passes with no word on fate
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan said on Friday it was still trying to secure the release of two Japanese hostages held by Islamic State militants after a deadline to pay ransom for their release passed and there was no immediate word on their fate.
Five Lebanese soldiers killed in clashes with militants near Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese troops repelled an attack by militants on an army outpost near the Syrian border on Friday but five soldiers were killed, the army said.
Greek anti-austerity party holds lead before Sunday elections
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist Syria party held onto its opinion poll lead on Friday as it campaigns to form the first euro zone government committed to scrapping austerity outright after elections this weekend.
EU suspends some aid to Guyana over parliament suspension
GEORGETOWN (Reuters) – The European Union on Friday suspended some budget assistance to Guyana on the grounds that President Donald Ramotar’s 2014 suspension of parliament has left the nation without adequate supervision of state spending.
Robbers target food delivery trucks in shortage-hit Venezuela
SAN CRISTOBAL/CARACAS (Reuters) – Robbers and looters are targeting trucks carrying food across Venezuela in another sign of worsening shortages that have turned basics like flour and chicken into coveted booty.
Firebomb attacks kill two in worsening Bangladesh unrest over vote
DHAKA (Reuters) – Two people died in bomb attacks in Bangladesh on Friday, raising the death toll to at least 34 in increasing political unrest as a stand-off between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the main opposition leader over last year’s election…
