American blogger killed in Bangladesh machete attack
DHAKA (Reuters) – Machete-wielding assailants hacked to death an American critic of religious extremism in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, in the latest of a series of attacks on writers who support freethinking values in the Muslim-majority nation.
China questions U.S. threat of U.N. sanctions on South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China on Friday questioned the logic behind a U.S. push to create a United Nations sanctions regime for South Sudan while warring parties there negotiate a power-sharing deal to end the conflict in the country, the world’s ne…
Argentine judge says no evidence government tried to derail bombing probe
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – There is no evidence that President Cristina Fernandez tried to whitewash Iran’s purported involvement in a deadly 1994 bombing, an Argentine judge told Reuters in an interview on Thursday after dismissing the case.
Libyan PM says Turkey supplying weapons to rival Tripoli group
CAIRO/BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said his government would stop dealing with Turkey because it was sending weapons to a rival group in Tripoli so that “the Libyan people kill each other”.
Iran, six powers to hold nuclear talks in Switzerland on March 5: EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Senior officials from Iran and six powers negotiating with Tehran over its nuclear program will hold more talks in Montreux, Switzerland, on March 5, the European Union said on Friday.
Nearly half of Greeks would back Syriza in new election: poll
ATHENS (Reuters) – Nearly half of Greeks would back the governing leftist party of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if elections were held this week, a Metron Analysis poll to be published on Saturday showed.
Clashes in Maldives as thousands call for president to quit
MALE/COLOMBO (Reuters) – Clashes broke out in the Maldives on Friday after thousands gathered to protest against the arrest of former president Mohamed Nasheed and demand that current leader Abdulla Yameen resign.
British PM Cameron vows to hunt down ‘Jihadi John’
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Friday to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as “Jihadi John” after the killer was identified as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London.
Argentina to purge disloyal spies from intelligence agency: sources
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government will purge spies it no longer trusts from the state intelligence agency as part of a major overhaul of the security body, sources familiar with embattled President Cristina Fernandez’s thinking said.
EU and Cuba to restart talks after cultural dispute
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Cuba and the European Union will hold a third round of talks in Havana next week aimed at increasing trade, investment and political dialogue after overcoming a dispute that delayed the negotiations, an EU official said on Friday.
