New Russia sanctions threats as Ukraine stalemate goes on
SLAVIANSK/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A day after an international deal in Geneva to defuse the East-West crisis in Ukraine, pro-Russian separatists vowed not to end their occupation of public buildings and Washington threatened further sanctions on M…
Dissident Irish republican shot dead in Belfast
BELFAST (Reuters) – A prominent dissident Irish republican was shot dead in Northern Ireland on Friday, the latest incident in some of the highest levels of violence since a 1998 peace deal in the British province.
Besieged Muslims face murder, starvation in Central African Republic
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 Central African Republic.
Bomb blast in Cairo kills police officer: Egyptian state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in a Cairo square late on Friday, killing one police officer and wounding another, the Egyptian state newspaper Al Ahram reported on its website.
Obama signs law to bar Iran diplomat from serving in U.N. post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama signed a law on Friday that effectively bars an Iranian diplomat from serving as an envoy at the United Nations because of suspicions he was involved in the 1979-81 Tehran hostage crisis.
Vice-principal of South Korea school in ferry disaster commits suicide
MOKPO/JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) – The vice-principal of a South Korean high school who accompanied hundreds of pupils on a ferry that capsized has committed suicide, police said on Friday, as hopes faded of finding any of the 274 missing alive.
Avalanche kills at least 12 guides in deadliest incident on Mount Everest
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – An avalanche sweeping down Mount Everest killed at least 12 Nepali guides on Friday in what may be the deadliest single incident on the world’s highest peak.
Avalanche kills at least 12 guides in deadliest incident on Mount Everest
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – An avalanche sweeping down Mount Everest killed at least 12 Nepali guides on Friday in what may be the deadliest single incident on the world’s highest peak.
Algeria’s ailing Bouteflika wins re-election
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the independence veteran in power for 15 years, won re-election on Friday with more than 80 percent of a vote opponents dismissed as fraud to keep an ailing leader in power.
Top Hollande aide quits in conflict of interest row
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France (Reuters) – A senior adviser to French President Francois Hollande quit on Friday over accusations of past conflict of interest linked to his work for pharmaceutical firms, adding to pressure on the unpopular Socialist leader w…
