Turkish opposition challenges law tightening judicial control
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s main opposition party asked the top court on Friday to overturn a law tightening government control of the judiciary, which it sees as a bid by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to snuff out a corruption scandal.
No Iran report with new bomb research information: IAEA
JERUSALEM/VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it had not prepared a report with new information about suspected atomic bomb research in Iran, after Israel urged it to go public with all information it has regarding such suspicio…
Ex-Murdoch British CEO Brooks paid official for Saddam anthrax story
LONDON (Reuters) – Rebekah Brooks, the ex-chief executive of News Corp.’s British newspaper arm, told a London court on Friday she had paid a public official for a story about former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein planning to attack Britain with the poiso…
Cyprus faces fresh bailout uncertainty after privatization vote
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus re-submitted a controversial privatization law to parliament on Friday in a last-ditch attempt to win support from fractious lawmakers threatening to derail its international bailout program.
Islamist militants slice off alleged thief’s hand in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist militants trying to enforce their religious strict code in rebel-held areas of Syria have cut off the hand of an alleged thief in Aleppo province, jihadi social media said on Friday.
Crackdown on shares fraud yields 110 arrests in Europe, U.S.
LONDON (Reuters) – Anti-fraud police have arrested 110 people in Europe and the United States in an international crackdown on gangs selling bogus shares that cost some investors their life savings, British authorities said on Friday.
Russian court puts Putin foe under house arrest
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court placed opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest for at least two months on Friday and barred him from using the Internet or speaking to the media.
Merkel’s Bavarian ally expects her to run again for German chancellor
BERLIN (Reuters) – The leader of Angela Merkel’s Bavarian sister party Horst Seehofer said he expected the German chancellor to stand for another term, after calls from her other coalition partner to stand down when her second term ends in 2017.
Israel warns Lebanon to curb Hezbollah reprisals for air strike
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel warned Lebanon on Friday to prevent threatened Hezbollah retaliation for an alleged Israeli air strike on a site used by the guerrillas on the Syrian border.
U.S. concerned by reports Myanmar suspends MSF in Rakhine State
YANGON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday urged Myanmar to allow humanitarian agencies “unfettered access” in Rakhine state, following reports the government had ordered medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to stop working there.
