Russia invites North Korean leader to Moscow for May visit
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to Moscow next year to mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two, the Kremlin’s spokesman said on Friday.
Turkey says training of Syrian opposition may start before March
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey could begin training and equipping moderate Syrian opposition fighters before March, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday.
Eight children killed in Australia in reported mass stabbing
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Eight children have been killed and a woman who was mother to seven of them was injured in the northern Australian city of Cairns, police said on Friday, in what several media outlets reported was a mass stabbing.
Tunisia’s old regime hopes makeover can win it the election
TUNIS (Reuters) – In the corner of his office, Tunisian presidential candidate Beji Caid Essebsi keeps a bust of Habib Bourguiba, who led the country in 1957 after its independence from France. It is a symbol, he says, of the kind of statesman Tunisia …
Vietnam rescues trapped workers after four-day ordeal
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese rescuers including hundreds of troops and miners on Friday freed 12 workers trapped for nearly four days after a tunnel collapsed during construction of a hydropower plant.
Ten years on, tsunami survivors in Indonesia hope to move on
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – A decade after a 10-metre (32-foot) tsunami washed away two of her three children, her home and business, Salawati is finally getting her life back on track in Indonesia’s western-most Banda Aceh province.
Pakistan’s most hated man: volleyball player, child killer
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – The most hated man in Pakistan is a 36-year-old father of three and volleyball enthusiast nicknamed “Slim”.
Most Catalans would vote to stay in Spain: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – A majority of people in Catalonia would vote to stay part of Spain, a poll by the regional government showed on Friday, the first in years to show a majority against independence.
Pakistani military says it kills 32 militants in ambush
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Pakistani army said it has killed 59 militants in clashes in the northwest, including 32 in an ambush in a remote valley near the Afghan border, in intensified fighting since this week’s Taliban massacre of children a…
Russian court extends house arrest for Kremlin critic Navalny
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Moscow court on Friday extended a term of house arrest for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on trial for stealing more than 30 million rubles (£317,743), charges he dismisses as part of a campaign by President Vladimir Putin to stifle dissent.
