Gaza truce over, Israel soldier captured, 70 dead in Rafah shelling
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel declared a Gaza ceasefire over on Friday, saying Hamas militants breached the truce soon after it took effect and apparently captured an Israeli officer while killing two other soldiers.
Baghdad seeks to have Kurdish oil dispute settled in Iraq
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Baghdad wants to settle a high-stakes dispute over $100 million worth of Kurdish crude oil in Iraq’s courts, although the oil is sitting in a tanker off the coast of Texas, a U.S. court filing said on Friday.
Protesters in Libya’s Benghazi march against militias
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Two thousand people took to the streets of Benghazi on Friday to protest against Islamist militants and former rebel militias who have been fighting armed forces and taken over an important military base in the eastern Libyan…
African leaders agree steps to fight runaway Ebola outbreak
CONAKRY (Reuters) – West African leaders agreed on Friday to take stronger measures to try to bring the worst outbreak of Ebola under control and prevent it spreading outside the region, including steps to isolate rural communities ravaged by the disea…
Sierra Leone declares emergency as Ebola death toll hits 729
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighboring Liberia in imposing controls as the death toll from the outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa.
North Korea accuses U.N. Security Council of double standards
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea accused the United Nations Security Council on Friday of double standards by condemning Pyongyang’s recent ballistic missiles launches while ignoring “provocative” joint military exercises between the United State…
Ten killed in clashes between Azeris, ethnic Armenians
BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in skirmishes between Azeri government forces and ethnic Armenian separatists controlling the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh enclave of Azerbaijan, officials from both sides said on Friday.
Post-Obama visit, Honduras president sees child migrant stalemate
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – After meeting U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, Honduran President Juan Hernandez sees little hope of an immediate solution to stemming a wave of child migrants fleeing misery and violence in Central America for the Uni…
Final tally for Air Algerie crash 116: Burkinabe official
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Two people originally believed to have traveled on an Air Algerie plane that crashed in Mali last week did not board the flight, reducing the official death toll to 116, a senior official in Burkina Faso said on Friday.
Doubts surface about India’s Modi after trade deal scuppered
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to office with a reputation as a business-friendly leader ready to open up one of the world’s biggest markets and sweep away the remnants of the country’s socialist past.
