‘Kurdish Obama’ challenges perceptions with Turkish presidential bid
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Unthinkable just a few years ago, Selahattin Demirtas’ bid for Turkey’s highest office underscores how Kurdish politics has entered the mainstream even as Kurds in neighboring Syria and Iraq push for more autonomy.
WHO declares Ebola an international health emergency
LONDON/LAGOS (Reuters) – The world’s worst outbreak of Ebola that has killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa represents an international health emergency and could continue spreading for months, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Support for Scottish independence drops after TV debate: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Support for Scottish independence has fallen following a TV debate this week and the campaign to split the United Kingdom will need a dramatic turnaround if it is to win a forthcoming referendum, a poll showed on Saturday.
Pakistani police and protesters clash, four dead, 500 arrested
LAHORE/MULTAN Pakistan (Reuters) – Violence flared in several towns and cities in Pakistan on Saturday between police and supporters of an anti-government cleric, killing at least four people and injuring scores, police and witnesses said.
Yemen militants shoot 14 soldiers, drone kills three al Qaeda suspects
ADEN (Reuters) – An al Qaeda-affiliated group in Yemen said it killed 14 soldiers in an eastern province as revenge for an army offensive against its members, while a U.S. drone attack killed three suspected militants in central Yemen on Saturday, an o…
Leading Turkish newspaper editor resigns ahead of election
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The editor of a leading Turkish newspaper has resigned ahead of Sunday’s presidential election after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan slammed the news coverage of the paper’s owner, the Dogan media group.
Russia may negotiate price limits with domestic food producers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may negotiate a price control agreement with domestic food producers to prevent speculative price hikes that would affect inflation after it banned half its agricultural imports from the West, the agriculture ministry said lat…
China foreign ministry defends lighthouse on disputed islands
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry has defended the government’s decision to build lighthouses on disputed islands in the South China Sea, saying they were being built to facilitate navigation.
Pemex refinery accident in Mexico kills two workers, 11 injured
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two workers died after being overcome by a burst of flames in an accident that also injured 11 at a refinery in northern Mexico, state-run oil company Pemex [PEMX.UL] said on Friday.
Former PM Hariri back in Lebanon for first time in three years
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Former prime minister Saad al-Hariri returned to Lebanon on Friday for the first time in three years, on a visit seen as reasserting a moderate influence over the Sunni community following a deadly incursion by Islamist militants.
