Last polls give center-left opposition solid lead before Israel’s election
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s center-left opposition is poised for an upset victory in next week’s parliamentary election, with the last opinion polls before Tuesday’s vote giving it a solid lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party.
Canada PM’s anti-Islam talk is a Putin-like tactic: opposition
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian opposition leader on Friday compared Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s handling of Islam to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on gays, ratcheting up political rhetoric over the religion as Harper’s ruling Conserva…
Floods in Angola kill at least 64, toll expected to rise
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At least 64 people have died in flooding following heavy rain in western Angola, the state-run news agency reported on Friday.
Pakistan successfully test-fires own drone aircraft to target militants
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military test-fired a Pakistani-built unmanned aircraft armed with a laser-guided missile on Friday, an army statement said, giving it a new weapon to target Taliban and other jihadist militants in its lawless border areas.
U.S. to send $70 million in non-lethal aid to Syrian opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday it was working with Congress to provide about $70 million in new non-lethal assistance to the Syrian opposition fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
Spain rejects Argentina extradition request for Franco-era officials
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain on Friday rejected a request by an Argentine judge to arrest and extradite 20 former Spanish officials, including two ex-government ministers, accused of human rights violations in the era of the dictator Francisco Franco.
The price Kiev must pay for IMF rescue: tackling vested interests
KIEV (Reuters) – With the first billions of dollars foreign aid in its pocket, Ukraine’s government can now stay afloat long enough to embark on its radical reform drive, but the hard part is only just beginning.
Islamic State-controlled parts of Syria, Iraq largely out of reach: Red Cross
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Red Cross has only sporadic access to areas of Iraq and Syria held by Islamic State, despite huge needs of 10 million people living under their control, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday…
Spain arrests eight suspected Islamist militants in dawn raid
PIERA, Spain (Reuters) – Eight suspected Islamist militants accused of planning attacks in Spain and recruiting fighters to send to Syria and Iraq were arrested in dawn raids across Spain on Friday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
After years of stalemate, Sweden seeks London date with Assange
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish prosecutors want to question Julian Assange in London over allegations of sexual assault, potentially ending an impasse that left the WikiLeaks founder holed up for almost three years in Ecuador’s embassy.
