Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks
MILAN (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine…
Sweden’s military investigates ‘suspicious underwater activity’
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s military said on Friday it was searching an area of the sea around the Stockholm archipelago after a report on “suspicious underwater activity”.
Sunni tribesmen and Houthi fighters clash in Yemen, 15 dead
SANAA (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed in heavy fighting between Sunni Muslim tribesmen and Shi’ite Houthi rebels in central Yemen on Friday, increasing fears of outright sectarian warfare.
Turkey drops corruption case that dogged government: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish prosecutors have dropped a corruption case against 53 suspects, among them two former minister’s sons, drawing a line under a scandal that dogged now-President Tayyip Erdogan’s inner circle for months, media said on Friday….
Russia rights group says it is targeted by Kremlin to control history
MOSCOW (Reuters) – At the height of the uprising by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine this summer, a handful of human rights workers recorded that Russian soldiers had been killed on the battlefield, even though the Kremlin said its troops were nev…
South African prosecutor wins anti-corruption award
BERLIN (Reuters) – Anti-corruption body Transparency International named South African lawyer Thuli Madonsela as the winner of its integrity award for 2014 on Friday, citing her investigations into graft allegations at every level – all the way up the …
Philippine militants free two German hostages
MANILA (Reuters) – Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants in the Philippines released two German hostages on Friday, after saying they would behead one of them if their demands were not met.
Fans at South Korean pop concert plunge into ventilation shaft, 16 dead
SEOUL (Reuters) – Sixteen people were killed at an open-air pop concert in South Korea on Friday when the cover of a ventilation shaft they were standing on gave way, officials and media said.
Renamo rejects Mozambique vote results but leader vows ‘no more war’
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambique’s main opposition group, the former rebel movement Renamo, said on Friday it would challenge as fraudulent results showing the ruling Frelimo party had won national elections, but Renamo’s leader promised there would be no…
Former Myanmar religion minister jailed for 13 years: lawyer
YANGON (Reuters) – A former minister of religious affairs in Myanmar was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday on charges of misappropriation of state funds and sedition, his lawyer said.
