Special Report: How the U.S. made its Putin problem worse
WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK (Reuters) – In September 2001, as the U.S. reeled from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Vladimir Putin supported Washington’s imminent invasion of Afghanistan in ways that would have been inconce…
Italy gives wife, daughter, of wanted Kazakh banker refugee status
ROME (Reuters) – The wife and daughter of a Kazakh tycoon who is wanted in three countries for alleged fraud have been granted refugee status in Italy, their lawyer said on Friday.
Pakistani police arrest 6 suspected militant assassins
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police said on Friday they have arrested six men suspected of being behind a string of high-profile killings and assassination attempts linked to a banned sectarian group.
Erdogan challenges social media in top Turkish court
ANKARA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan applied to Turkey’s constitutional court on Friday to challenge the alleged violation of his and his family’s rights by social media, a senior official in his office told Reuters.
Bomb blast kills 14 at mosque in Syria’s Homs – state TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A bomb went off in front of a mosque and killed 14 people in Homs, Syrian state television said on Friday, with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad looking close to wresting the symbolic central city back from rebels.
Besieged Muslims face murder, starvation in Central African Republic town
BODA, Central African Republic (Reuters) – In normal times, the rickety wooden bridges at each end of the red-dirt main street in Boda were gateways to shops and a bustling market in the diamond-mining town in western Central African Republic.
Bahraini man dies two months after being shot by police: family
MANAMA (Reuters) – A Bahraini man died on Friday from shotgun pellet wounds sustained during clashes with police almost two months ago, rights activists said, becoming the first person to be killed in such circumstances since February last year.
Algeria’s Bouteflika wins re-election with 81.5 percent: official results
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the aging independence veteran already in power for 15 years, won re-election on Friday after a vote opponents dismissed as a stage-managed fraud to keep the ailing leader in power.
Turkish president rules out role swap with Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s president appeared to rule out a job swap with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan when his term as head of state ends in a few months, signaling strains between the allies following months of political tension.
Poles most worried about their independence in at least 23 years: poll
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poles are more worried about their national independence than at any time since at least 1991, soon after the collapse of communism in the region, and 80 percent name Russia as the main threat, a survey shows.
