Amid spate of violence, Afghans vote to choose new leader
KABUL (Reuters) – From the rugged mountains bordering Pakistan to the windswept western plains, millions of Afghans vote on Saturday in an election for the first democratic transfer of power in the country’s tumultuous history.
Scientists warn unsafe Italian schools risk earthquake disaster
L’AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) – Italy risks disaster if its schools are not strengthened against earthquakes, leading geologists said on Friday, in a call for action before the fifth anniversary of a quake in the university town of L’Aquila that killed ove…
Angry mob attacks Ebola treatment centre in Guinea
CONAKRY (Reuters) – An angry crowd attacked a treatment center in Guinea on Friday where staff from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were working to contain an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, forcing it to shut down, a spokesman for the medical chari…
Afghan policeman shoots two foreign journalists, one killed
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A veteran Associated Press photographer who had covered wars around the world was shot dead and another reporter was wounded on Friday when an Afghan policeman opened fire on them in eastern Afghanistan, the news agency s…
Chad starts pulling peacekeepers from Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Chad began withdrawing its troops from Central African Republic’s peacekeeping mission on Friday as a U.N. report accused its soldiers of killing 30 civilians and wounding 300 in an attack on a crowded market last week.
Far-right video leak halts Greek government’s poll boost
ATHENS (Reuters) – A scandal in Greece over the prosecution of far-right politicians has helped the leftist opposition halt a rise in support for the government, a poll showed on Friday, despite a week of positive economic data.
Thousands of Bahrainis march for democracy ahead of F1 race
MANAMA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of mainly Shi’ite protesters marched for democratic reforms in Bahrain on Friday, two days before its annual Formula One motor race turns international attention toward the Sunni-led kingdom.
Two drug tunnels, with rail systems, found at U.S.-Mexico border
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. federal agents have uncovered two drug-smuggling tunnels underneath the U.S.-Mexico border, both surfacing in San Diego-area warehouses and equipped with rail systems for moving contraband, officials said on Friday.
Brazil’s senate warns of country’s ‘vulnerability’ to spying
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian senate inquiry on U.S. spying in the country found Brazil “unprepared” to deal with eavesdropping by foreign agents and proposes a new law to address its “profound vulnerability,” according to a copy of a report obtaine…
Pressure mounts on Austrian far-right EU candidate to quit
VIENNA (Reuters) – Pressure mounted on Austria’s far-right Freedom Party to fire one of its two top candidates for next month’s EU parliament elections after he made racist comments and said the bloc made Nazi Germany’s Third Reich look liberal by comp…
