U.S. embassy bombing suspect dies ahead of New York trial: NBC News
(Reuters) – A suspected al Qaeda figure alleged to have planned the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya has died in New York just days ahead of his scheduled trial, NBC News reported on Friday.
Mexico Supreme Court elects career judge as president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Supreme Court on Friday elected a new president with justices narrowly backing a career judge over another candidate who had worked for decades as a lawyer.
Mexican prisons are worsening and inmate control is growing: study
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Conditions have worsened in Mexico’s dangerous and overcrowded prisons, with many of them falling increasingly under control of inmates, Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) said on Friday.
Artist Bruguera freed in Cuba after colleagues write in support
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera was freed on Friday after three back-to-back detentions in three days, and after more than a thousand artists worldwide signed an open letter to Cuban President Raul Castro calling for her rele…
France wants action on Libya, stops short of African calls for intervention
NIAMEY (Reuters) – French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday world powers must tackle instability in Libya but he stopped short of openly backing the military intervention called for by regional powers in the Sahel.
U.S. slaps more sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack
HONOLULU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea was hit with more sanctions on Friday designed to impede access to the U.S. financial system in the wake of a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, which the Obama Administration has said was supported …
U.S. slaps more sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack
HONOLULU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea was hit with more sanctions on Friday designed to impede access to the U.S. financial system in the wake of a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, which the Obama Administration has said was supported …
Congo threatens to attack Rwandan Hutu rebels as ultimatum expires
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said on Friday it was ready to launch military operations against Rwandan Hutu rebels in its east after most missed a deadline to disarm and return home or go into exile.
Search teams battle rough weather in hunt for AirAsia wreck
PANGKALAN BUN/SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Ships and aircraft criss-crossed the seas off Borneo on Friday hunting for the wreck of an Indonesia AirAsia passenger jet, but bad weather again hindered the search for the plane and the black box flight r…
Hungarian protesters keep up pressure on government
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Thousands of Hungarians staged an anti-government protest on Friday, maintaining pressure on Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s center-right administration which has lost about a third of its popular support since October.
