Mozambique freight train derails, at least 17 dead
MAPUTO (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed after a freight train carrying commuters and merchandise including coal derailed in Mozambique’s capital on Thursday, a railway company driver told Reuters on Friday.
Yemen parties agree on transitional council: U.N.
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s feuding parties have agreed on a “people’s transitional council” to help govern the country and guide it out of a political crisis, U.N. mediator Jamal Benomar announced on Friday.
India’s Modi seeks humble, tolerant new image after poll rout
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – It’s out with the flashy suit, in with religious tolerance for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking to soften his image after an electoral pounding in New Delhi and grumblings in his party about his top-down leader…
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake off northeast Japan, no damage expected
TOKYO (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Thailand bans surrogacy for foreigners in bid to end ‘rent-a-womb’ tourism
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s interim parliament has passed a law that bans foreigners from seeking surrogacy services to end a “rent-a-womb” industry that made the Southeast Asian country a top destination for fertility tourism.
Top China cotton producer resists reforms in restive Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top cotton producer, a quasi-military body formed 60 years ago to settle the far west Xinjiang area, is resisting a government policy that could force it to cut output in an industry employing hundreds of thousands in the re…
Venezuela arrests opposition mayor accused of coup plot
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan arrested opposition leader and Caracas metropolitan mayor Antonio Ledezma on Thursday in a move the government said was needed to halt a U.S.-backed coup plot but foes decried as tyranny.
El Salvador returns criminal gang leaders to high security jail
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s government on Thursday returned 14 leaders of the country’s main street gangs to a maximum security prison in an attempt to curb murders of police officers after a truce between two rival criminal groups began to …
Britain says Libya needs unity government before arms embargo change
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday that Libya needed a unified government before the United Nations Security Council could change an arms embargo in order to better equip Libya’s military to combat Islamic State and other militants.
Colombia issues arrest warrants in probe of bribes paid to rebels
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s Attorney General’s office has issued five arrest warrants as part of an investigation into whether bribes were paid by Italian construction company SICIM to Marxist rebels to guarantee the security of its employees, an off…
