Nazi restitution fraud case stirs anger at Vienna court
VIENNA (Reuters) – A journalist critical of Austria’s record in returning Jewish property seized by the Nazis failed on Friday to gain his freedom after conviction on charges he defrauded the state in illicitly increasing his mother’s claim on a buildi…
Thai junta tracks Internet posting to capture protest leader
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai security forces tracked down and detained a prominent activist who helped organise protests against last month’s military coup from comments he posted on the Internet, officials said on Friday.
Fourth person dies after Brussels Jewish Museum shooting
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Belgian man shot in the attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels died on Friday, bringing the death toll to four.
At least one killed in Kosovo power plant blast, supplies hit
OBILIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – A hydrogen tank exploded at Kosovo’s second biggest power plant on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring 13, officials said.
Nigerian newspapers accuse army of seizing print-runs
YENAGOA Nigeria (Reuters) – Three Nigerian newspapers said the army seized parts of their Friday print-runs and stopped distribution vans across the country, with one accusing the military of a rare crackdown on the media.
WHO experts find hospital breaches worsened MERS outbreak in UAE
LONDON (Reuters) – Lapses in hospital infection control measures exacerbated an outbreak of a deadly new viral disease which has infected more than 60 people and killed at least 10 in the United Arab Emirates, health investigators said on Friday.
Serbia indicts four for Milosevic-era journalist murder
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s top state prosecutor charged four former state security officers on Friday over the 1999 killing of opposition newspaper publisher and journalist Slavko Curuvija during the rule of late strongman president Slobodan Milosev…
Libyan jails marked by torture, lack of due process: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – About 14,000 Libyans and refugees languish in overcrowded prisons in Libya, marked by torture, deplorable conditions and a lack of due process, the United Nations said on Friday.
Polls show cliffhanger presidential election in Colombia
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Three polls showed on Friday that Colombia’s presidential race is too close to call as opposition challenger Ivan Oscar Zuluaga seeks to unseat President Juan Manuel Santos in a June 15 runoff focused on how to end the country’s half…
Afghan election front-runner escapes assassination attempt
KABUL (Reuters) – Abdullah Abdullah, front-runner in Afghanistan’s presidential election, escaped assassination on Friday when two bombs blew up outside a hotel where he had just staged a rally, killing six people.
