Libyan forces, Islamist militants clash in Benghazi
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan irregular forces backed by helicopters and led by a retired army general clashed with Islamist militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least two people, security and medical sources said on Friday.
Israeli minister sees 50 percent more settlers in West Bank by 2019
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The number of Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank could grow by as much as 50 percent by 2019, Israel’s ultra-nationalist construction minister said on Friday.
Gunmen cross from Liberia, seize Ivorian village, kill eight
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s army launched a counter-attack on Friday against a group of gunmen accused of entering the country from Liberia and killing at least eight people in a raid on the village of Fetai, the parliamentarian representing the …
Armed men attack Thai villagers to get to controversial goldmine
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of armed men descended on a village in northern Thailand and overpowered residents blocking the road to a goldmine said by locals to have caused environmental damage so that trucks could take ore away, villagers said on Fri…
Kurdish militants wound Turkish soldiers in outpost attack
TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish fighters attacked a military outpost in eastern Turkey on Friday, wounding two soldiers, security sources said, in a rare outbreak of violence 14 months after the militants’ leader declared a ceasefire as part of a p…
South Africa’s strike-hit Implats says violence is ‘devastating’
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Impala Platinum described on Friday as “devastating” the impact on its employees of a 16-week strike at its main South African operation in Rustenburg and said it had lost more than $500 million in revenue.
U.S. says concerned at lack of progress in Iran nuclear talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – A senior U.S. official expressed concern on Friday about a current lack of progress in negotiations between six world powers and Iran over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program, speaking on the expected last day of a May 13-16 meeting.
Bulgarian Socialists face fourth no-confidence vote
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s Socialist-led government is expected to survive a confidence vote in parliament next week, the fourth in seven months filed by the opposition.
China arms giant says never exported chlorine gas to Syria
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s biggest arms maker said on Friday it had never exported any chlorine gas or cylinders to Syria after reports that chlorine gas cylinders used in a suspected toxic gas attack bore the arms giant’s name, “Norinco”.
Three Chinese officials knifed to death in Xinjiang: report
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three Chinese government officials were knifed to death and their bodies dumped in a lake, in the latest incident of violence in the restive far western region of Xinjiang, Radio Free Asia reported.
