Riot police clash with May Day protesters in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber pellets on Thursday to stop May Day protesters, some armed with fire bombs, from defying Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and reaching Istanbul’s central Taksim square.
In Iraq and Syria, a resurgence of foreign suicide bombers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shortly before Abdul Waheed Majeed, a 41-year-old British truck driver, blew himself up in an attack on a Syrian prison, he brushed aside a question in Arabic.
U.S. offers to help Nigeria in hunt for abducted girls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it had offered to help Nigeria in its search for around 200 girls abducted by Islamist militants from a school in the northeast of the West African country.
Malaysia releases missing plane report, reveals confusion
KUALA LUMPUR/PARIS (Reuters) – Malaysia on Thursday released its most comprehensive account yet of what happened to missing Flight MH370, in a preliminary report that detailed the route the plane probably took as it veered off course and revealed the c…
Toronto Mayor Ford takes leave to deal with alcohol problem
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford flew to the United States in a private plane on Thursday, a TV network said, a day after he said he would take a leave of absence from his job and his re-election campaign to seek treatment for an alcohol prob…
Moscow May Day parade lauds Putin as rebels seize more Ukraine buildings
MOSCOW/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia staged a huge May Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era on Thursday, with workers holding banners proclaiming support for President Vladimir Putin after the seizure of terri…
China blames religious extremists for station bombing
URUMQI, China (Reuters) – An attack at a train station in China’s western city of Urumqi was carried out by two religious extremists who both died in the blast, the government said on Thursday.
Cuba calls terrorism designation by U.S. absurd, manipulative
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba labeled as absurd and manipulative an annual U.S. State Department report that once again designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a setback for advocates hoping for a change in Washington’s Cuba policy this year.
Tunisian assembly approves new electoral law
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s national assembly on Thursday approved a new electoral law, to take one of the last steps in the country’s move to full democracy after the 2011 uprising that inspired the “Arab Spring” revolts.
Kerry raises detained Ethiopian bloggers with PM
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he had raised concerns about Ethiopia’s detention of six bloggers and three journalists during a meeting with the country’s prime minister on Thursday.
