Next round of Syria talks in Moscow in a month: delegate
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The next meeting between some Syrian opposition figures and the Damascus government in Moscow will take place in about a month, Qadri Jamil, a participant in this week’s consultations, said on Friday.
Japan, Jordan seek news on fate of Islamic State captives
AMMAN/TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and Jordan scrambled on Friday to find out what had happened to two of their nationals being held by Islamic State, after a deadline passed for the release of a would-be suicide bomber being held on death row in Amman.
Nigeria’s Buhari vows to end graft, insecurity, inequality
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari pledged to cheering crowds in opposition stronghold Lagos that he would tackle the country’s three greatest ills — insecurity, inequality and corruption.
Air strikes alone not enough to defeat Islamic State: NATO chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Air strikes alone will not be enough to defeat Islamic State militants and greater Western help in building up Iraqi security forces could also play a role, the head of NATO said on Friday.
Australia wants clear U.N. rules on extended searches after MH370
TORONTO (Reuters) – Australia, which has led a nearly year-long hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner, wants the United Nations’ aviation agency to issue clear guidelines on who should be responsible for such searches once rescue efforts are called off…
Argentina’s Fernandez dents credibility by playing victim
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – President Cristina Fernandez hunkered down in her presidential residence for a week before speaking about the mysterious death of a state prosecutor who claimed she sought to whitewash Iran’s alleged involvement in a 1994 bomb …
Ex-IMF boss Strauss-Kahn faces French pimping trial
PARIS (Reuters) – Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief tipped to become French president before a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault in 2011, goes on trial in France on Monday in a separate case of alleged pimping.
Blast at Shi’ite mosque in southern Pakistan kills 49
SHIKARPUR, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 49 people were killed in a powerful explosion at a crowded Shi’ite mosque in Pakistan during Friday prayers, the latest sectarian attack to hit the South Asian nation.
U.S. drone strategy in trouble as Yemeni al Qaeda gathers support
SANAA (Reuters) – Schoolboy Mohammed Taeiman died this week on a remote Yemeni road, a casualty of a U.S. drone campaign against the local branch of al Qaeda that seems to be sliding into disarray.
Italy lawmakers fail again to elect a new president
ROME (Reuters) – Italian lawmakers failed to pick a president in a second round of voting on Friday, but Prime Minister Matteo Renzi appeared poised to get his candidate, a senior judge, elected on Saturday when the number of votes required will be low…
