South African police fire rubber bullets at Diamondcorp strikers
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African police fired rubber bullets on Friday to disperse workers at a mine operated by London-listed DiamondCorp and said members of the hardline AMCU union were involved in the protest.
Protesters in Hong Kong to vote on government proposals
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong protesters plan to hold a straw poll on government proposals they rejected earlier in the week as their street campaign pushing for democracy for the Chinese-controlled city entered its fifth week on Friday.
Russia still has troops in Ukraine, NATO says
MONS Belgium (Reuters) – Russia still has troops in eastern Ukraine and retains a very capable force on the border despite a partial withdrawal, NATO’s military commander said on Friday.
Sweden’s far-right tells mainstream to negotiate or risk new election
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, who hold the balance of power in parliament, said on Friday that mainstream parties should negotiate with them before the government’s centerpiece budget vote or risk a new election.
Vietnamese tycoon held on suspicion of fraud: sources
HANOI (Reuters) – Police in Vietnam have detained one of the country’s biggest tycoons, the founder and chairman of conglomerate Ocean Group, on suspicion of financial irregularities, banking sources and state media said on Friday.
Islamic State keeps up Syrian oil flow despite U.S-led strikes
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State is still extracting and selling oil in Syria and has adapted its trading techniques despite a month of strikes by U.S.-led forces aimed at cutting off this major source of income for the group, residents, oil executives …
Brazil poll shows Neves leading election, at odds with major surveys
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Opposition candidate Aecio Neves has a shrinking lead over President Dilma Rousseff in Brazil’s presidential race, an outlying poll showed on Friday, at odds with major pollsters that report a growing lead for the incumbent.
Masked men burn two Saudi Arabia consulate cars in Egypt: sources
CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) – Masked men set fire to two cars belonging to the consulate of Saudi Arabia in the Egyptian city of Suez on Friday morning, local security sources and the state news agency reported.
Restore EU borders, France’s Le Pen says amid Calais tensions
CALAIS France (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, seizing on tensions over illegal immigrants in the northern port town of Calais, called on Friday for urgent reintroduction of internal border controls that were banished across much of E…
Ground offensive against Islamic State months away in Iraq: U.S.
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE Florida (Reuters) – Iraqi forces are months away from being able to start waging any kind of sustained ground offensive against the Islamic State and any similar effort in Syria will take longer, officials at the U.S. military’s …
