Venezuelan president’s popularity hits new low: pollster
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s approval rating has slipped to 22 percent, the lowest of his nearly two-year rule as a result of economic problems, a local pollster said on Friday.
Desperate parents of abducted Nigerian girls say have turned to U.N.
ABUJA (Reuters) – Parents of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist rebels in April said they were appealing directly to the United Nations for help after losing hope that the Nigerian government would rescue them.
Vatican prosecutor seeks trial of protester who scaled St. Peter’s
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican may try a man who scaled St. Peter’s Basilica to protest against laws that he says lost him his business in Italy, a spokesman for the papal city state said on Friday.
Failure to stop Petrobras scandal could haunt Brazil’s Rousseff
RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – When federal investigators first identified signs of corruption at Petrobras in 2009, Dilma Rousseff insisted Brazil’s state-run oil company had nothing to hide.
Islamic State targeted in 23 air strikes by U.S., allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and allies staged 23 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq on Thursday, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Friday.
Saudi king needed help breathing due to lung infection, condition stable
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz temporarily needed help to breath through a tube on Friday due to a lung infection but the procedure was successful and his condition was now stable, state media said.
Israeli settlers stone U.S. diplomatic cars: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Jewish settlers threw stones at the cars of a U.S. diplomatic delegation which came to inspect vandalism to nearby Palestinian-owned trees in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Israeli police said.
Bahrain denounces interference after Washington criticizes arrest
DOHA (Reuters) – Bahraini authorities denounced what they called foreign double standards and interference on Friday, days after their main Western ally Washington criticized the detention of the head of the main Shi’ite Muslim opposition group.
Ukraine reports first military death of 2015
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Friday reported its first military death of 2015 in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, saying a soldier had been killed and five others wounded in attacks by the rebels.
Former Greek PM Papandreou sets up new party ahead of elections
ATHENS (Reuters) – Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou announced the creation of a new political party on Friday, confirming a long-expected split from the center-left PASOK and complicating the potential outcome of this month’s general elect…
