France denies veto threat looms over Western Sahara negotiations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – France’s U.N. envoy on Friday vehemently denied threatening to use its Security Council veto power to block any proposals to have U.N. peacekeepers in Western Sahara monitor the human rights situation in the disputed North Af…
Bomb blast in Cairo kills police officer: Egyptian state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in a Cairo square late on Friday, killing one police officer and wounding another, the Egyptian state newspaper Al Ahram reported on its website.
Powerful earthquake rattles Mexico, shakes buildings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake shook Mexico on Friday, damaging more than 100 homes in the southwestern state of Guerrero and opening cracks in some buildings but there were no reports of deaths.
Nigeria Islamists still holding 85 schoolgirls after raid: state
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram is still holding 85 girls it abducted from a raid on a secondary school in northeastern Borno state this week, although the other 44 were free, the state government said on Satu…
Obama-Abe summit to aid trade talks, not seal deal: U.S. official
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Next week’s meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a good opportunity to give impetus to Pacific trade negotiations but will not seal a deal, a senior U.S. administration offic…
New Russia sanctions threats as Ukraine stalemate goes on
SLAVIANSK/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A day after an international deal in Geneva to defuse the East-West crisis in Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists vowed not to end their occupation of public buildings and Washington threatened further sanctions on M…
Dissident Irish republican shot dead in Belfast
BELFAST (Reuters) – A prominent dissident Irish republican was shot dead in Northern Ireland on Friday, the latest incident in some of the highest levels of violence since a 1998 peace deal in the British province.
Besieged Muslims face murder, starvation in Central African Republic
BODA, Central African Republic (Reuters) – In normal times, the rickety wooden bridges at each end of the red-dirt main street in Boda were gateways to shops and a bustling market in the diamond-mining town in Central African Republic.
Bomb blast in Cairo kills police officer: Egyptian state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in a Cairo square late on Friday, killing one police officer and wounding another, the Egyptian state newspaper Al Ahram reported on its website.
Obama signs law to bar Iran diplomat from serving in U.N. post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama signed a law on Friday that effectively bars an Iranian diplomat from serving as an envoy at the United Nations because of suspicions he was involved in the 1979-81 Tehran hostage crisis.
