Turkey’s former army chief freed from prison
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Former army chief Ilker Basbug was released from a life sentence following a court decision on Friday, adding to uncertainty over the fate of court cases trying coup plots against Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
Netanyahu says Israel would give up ‘some settlements’ for peace
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would give up “some settlements” in occupied Palestinian land to help secure a peace agreement but would limit as much as he could the number of enclaves removed.
Suspected Russian spyware Turla targets Europe, United States
LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) – A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of the most complex cyber espionage programs uncovered to date.
Iran, world powers hold ‘substantive and useful’ nuclear talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers held “substantive and useful” expert-level talks over Tehran’s nuclear program this week, they said on Friday, ahead of a new round of political negotiations later this month.
Yemen names new oil and interior ministers: state news agency
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen appointed new oil and interior ministers on Friday, state news agency Saba reported, after a series of lethal attacks on security targets and oil facilities.
U.S. State Department says June deadline on Syria chemical weapons at risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday that Syria is at risk of missing a June 30 deadline for disposing of chemical weapons but that the deadline can still be met.
Sri Lanka says suspected wartime mass grave is an old cemetery
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Officials investigating a suspected mass grave in Sri Lanka’s former northern war zone called off the digging on Friday because the 83 skeletons unearthed there seem to have been buried in an old cemetery.
Sarkozy’s phone tapped by investigators: Le Monde
PARIS (Reuters) – Nicolas Sarkozy’s phone was tapped during a judicial probe into financing for his 2007 election campaign, Le Monde newspaper reported, potentially presenting a new hurdle for the former French president who is widely expected to run f…
South Africa, Rwanda expel diplomats in row over Rwandan exiles
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats it linked to a raid on an exiled Rwandan general’s Johannesburg home, and Rwanda has retaliated by ordering out six South African envoys, officials said on Friday.
U.N. says almost all Muslims have fled Central African capital
GENEVA (Reuters) – Fewer than 1,000 remain of more than 100,000 Muslims who once lived in the capital of the Central African Republic, after a campaign of violence by Christian militias, the U.N. aid chief said on Friday.
