Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Sanaa suicide bombings
SANAA (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s wing in Yemen on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Yemen’s powerful Shi’ite Houthi group that killed at least 47 people.
German captive freed in Afghanistan after two years: government
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign ministry said on Friday a German man taken captive in Pakistan two years ago was now free and in the care of German authorities in Afghanistan.
Independent Russian newspaper receives ‘extremism’ warning
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s media watchdog has accused opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta of violating anti-extremism laws and issued it with a formal warning, the paper said on Friday.
At least seven killed in stampede in anti-government protest in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed and 42 hurt in a stampede during an anti-government protest in the Pakistani city of Multan on Friday, a hospital official said.
Indonesia’s Widodo seeks to ease fears over political gridlock
JAKARTA (Reuters) – President-elect Joko Widodo on Friday sought to reassure Indonesians and foreign investors that his relationship with parliament over the next five years would be one of cooperation, not antagonism.
French forces launch raid in Niger against al Qaeda units
PARIS (Reuters) – French forces destroyed a convoy in Niger transporting weapons from Libya to Mali and captured fighters linked to al Qaeda, the presidency said on Friday as France steps up efforts to stop militants crisscrossing the Sahel-Sahara regi…
Thousands of Hong Kong protesters regroup after government rejects talks
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters regrouped in central Hong Kong on Friday to push their demand for democracy, a day after the government called off talks with students amid a two-week standoff that has shaken communist China’s capitalist h…
Danish parties seek deal to block Eurosceptic party from policy
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s mainstream parties, ruling and in opposition, are rushing to conclude an agreement governing their policies towards the European Union before an election next year in which a far-right Eurosceptic party is expected to m…
Ukraine to launch ‘full clean-out’ of corrupt officials
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine will soon begin mass firings of state officials who served under disgraced Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovich and feathered their nests through corruption, the government said on Friday.
France considers tightening controls on job-seekers
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is looking to impose tighter checks on the unemployed to ensure they are seeking work, an attempt to limit spending on benefits and cut joblessness that has split ruling Socialists and infuriated trade unions.
