Romania president backs probe of ex-ministers in school software deal
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s president said on Friday he had given his approval for prosecutors to open a criminal investigation against five former ministers suspected of money laundering, abuse of office and bribery tied to software licenses for s…
U.N. nuclear watchdog seeks to advance Iran investigation
VIENNA (Reuters) – A high-level U.N. nuclear watchdog team will visit Tehran for talks in coming days, Iran said on Friday, more than a month after it missed a deadline for addressing questions about its suspected atomic bomb research.
Ex-Murdoch British editor admits phone-hacking offense
LONDON (Reuters) – A former newspaper editor, whose emails led to the exposure of widespread phone-hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s now defunct British tabloid, the News of the World, pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally listening to people’s voicemails.
Two Myanmar men admit to murders of Britons in Thailand; DNA matches: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two Myanmar workers have confessed to killing two British tourists in Thailand and a DNA match has been found, police said on Friday, adding that a case that damaged the country’s tourism industry had almost been resolved.
Ukraine ceasefire must be observed, Russia’s Lavrov tells Kerry
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday it was essential that both Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists fully observed a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine clinched nearly a month ag…
UK’s Cameron threatens to ignore European Court of Human Rights rulings
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative Party toughened its stance on Europe on Friday, announcing a pre-election plan to quit the European Court of Human Rights unless it agrees that Britain’s parliament has the final say over i…
Curfews on Syrian refugees in Lebanon fuel hostility: rights group
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Curfews imposed on Syrian refugees in villages across Lebanon are fuelling a climate of discrimination and hostility against new arrivals, a human rights group said in a statement on Friday.
Kenyans protesting over jobs end highway blockade from Mombasa port
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – Protesters in Kenya ended a blockade on Friday that had disrupted the transport of cargo by truckers on the main trade artery from Mombasa port to Nairobi and the wider east African region.
Dutch Catholic school cancels trip to Paris over fear of militant attack
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch Catholic school called off a one-day trip to Paris for 400 students on Friday because of fears of an attack by Islamic militants in the French capital’s metro, although French officials have cited no evidence of a specific…
Special report: Why Brazil’s would-be first black president trails among blacks
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilians could make history this month by electing Marina Silva, the daughter of impoverished rubber tappers from the Amazon, as their first black president.
