Ukraine crisis hampers EU’s Central African Republic mission
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Ukraine crisis is hampering the European Union’s plans to send a peacekeeping force to Central African Republic because nervous eastern European countries want to keep their troops at home rather than send them to Africa, diplo…
Romania bars Hungarian ‘extremists’ on eve of national day
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania has barred what it says are Hungarian extremists from four different organizations from entering the country, moving to prevent possible clashes when ethnic Hungarians celebrate their national day in Romania on Saturday.
Peru’s former president Fujimori suffers stroke, hospitalized
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s jailed former president Alberto Fujimori was hospitalized and in “moderately serious” condition after suffering a small stroke Friday, a doctor said.
Lithuania detains a Russian citizen suspected of 1991 crimes
VILNIUS (Reuters) – A Russian former tank officer was detained by a Lithuanian court on Friday on suspicion of involvement in a 1991 Soviet Army attack aimed at halting the Baltic state’s drive for independence from the Soviet Union, the General Prosec…
Uruguay not seen setting drug liberalisation trend: U.N. official
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United Nations anti-drugs chief said on Friday he did not see – for now at least – Uruguay setting a trend for countries to legalise the cultivation, sale and smoking of marijuana.
Anti-gay laws violate global pacts: U.N. rights chief
GENEVA (Reuters) – A legal ban on same-sex marriage in Nigeria, Africa’s largest country, violates international accords and could bring mob law against gays onto its streets, the United Nations’ human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Friday.
Algerian troops kill seven militants near Tunisian frontier
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian troops have killed seven armed militants who crossed the border from neighboring Tunisia, the state news agency APS reported on Friday.
Leaked documents purport to reveal Turkish graft allegations
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Twitter account behind a string of leaks in a Turkish corruption scandal has posted what it presented as prosecution files accusing former government ministers of involvement with an Iranian businessman in a bribery and smuggling…
Al Qaeda splinter group in Syria leaves two provinces: activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An al Qaeda splinter group in Syria finished pulling out of two provinces in the country’s northwest on Friday and headed to its eastern strongholds after months of clashes with rival rebels, activists said.
Morocco, Spain break up militant cell sending fighters abroad
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco and Spain made seven arrests and dismantled an Islamist militant cell led by a Spanish citizen that sent fighters to “hotbeds of tension” such as Syria, officials from both countries said on Friday.
