Heavy gunfire heard in north Nigerian city hit by insurgency
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Heavy gunfire raged for two hours in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday morning, residents said, and explosions were heard at the Giwa barracks, where the army has detained hundreds of Islamist insurgent s…
Indonesian opposition party nominates Jakarta governor Jokowi for president
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s main opposition PDI-P party on Friday named Jakarta’s hugely popular governor, Joko Widodo, as its candidate for this year’s presidential election.
Polish farm minister may be replaced by party colleague
WARSAW (Reuters) – Marek Sawicki of Polish junior coalition party PSL could replace party colleague Stanislaw Kalemba as the country’s agriculture minister, he was quoted as saying on Friday.
Media squeeze tightens as Russia harks back to WW2
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ilya Azar does not know whether he has been fired yet from one of Russia’s most popular independent online news organizations, but he is pretty sure he soon will be.
Mediator Brahimi says Syria election now won’t aid peace talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – If Syria goes ahead with an election that would likely secure a new term for President Bashar al-Assad, the opposition will probably not be interested in pursuing further peace talks with the government, peace mediator Lakhda…
Japan’s Abe says won’t alter 1993 apology on ‘comfort women’
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday that his government would not revise a landmark 1993 apology to women, many Korean, forced to serve in wartime military brothels, as Washington presses for better ties between its two …
Four feared dead in latest British helicopter crash
LONDON (Reuters) – Four people are feared to have died when a civilian helicopter crashed in eastern England on Thursday evening, emergency services said, in the latest in a series of helicopter crashes in Britain over the past few months.
Gaza rockets, Israeli air strikes persist despite truce call
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – A small armed faction in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel on Thursday, drawing retaliatory air strikes and pushing cross-border violence into a third day despite a truce called by the more powerful Palestinian group Isl…
Venezuela says death toll from protests rises to 28
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor said on Thursday the death toll from a month of violent protests had risen to 28, after the nation’s top court ordered opposition mayors to dismantle barricades set up by street protesters.
Mexico’s main opposition party quits energy talks amid graft scandal
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s opposition conservative party on Thursday walked out of talks over the fine print of a landmark energy bill, accusing the government of using a graft scandal to gets its way, in a move that could delay the rollout of th…
