India election chief bans rallies by Modi aide over religious hatred
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Narendra Modi, widely tipped to become India’s next prime minister, suffered a setback on Friday when his closest aide was banned from election rallies and meetings after a series of speeches deemed to have stoked tensions with Mu…
Policeman hurt in Bahrain bomb blast:ministry
MANAMA (Reuters) – A policeman was wounded when a homemade bomb exploded in a village in Bahrain on Friday, the Interior Ministry said, in the latest of a series of attacks by suspected Shi’ite Muslim militants on security forces.
Pope asks forgiveness for ‘evil’ of child abuse by priests
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis made his first public plea for forgiveness on Friday for the “evil” committed by priests who molested children, using some of his strongest words yet on the Roman Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis.
U.S. expects Iran will meet oil export target in nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration believes that oil exports from Iran from January to July will meet an average 1 million barrel per day goal outlined in an interim agreement with Tehran over curbing its disputed nuclear program, a State …
Libya’s western Zawiya oil port, refinery shut by protests
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s bid to resume normal oil exports after blockades at eastern ports that have lasted months stumbled on Friday when the oil terminal and refinery at Zawiya in the west were closed by fresh protests.
Ex-adviser says Indian PM was hobbled by Sonia Gandhi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A former media adviser to India’s prime minister has alleged in a new book that Manmohan Singh allowed his authority to be undermined by Sonia Gandhi, president of the Congress party and standard-bearer of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty…
Militias in Central African Republic block Muslims exit to Cameroon: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Christian militia forces are blocking the main roads used by Muslim civilians trying to flee Central African Republic to Cameroon and attacking the refugees, the United Nations said on Friday, citing accounts from “traumatized” victi…
Madagascar names new prime minister, eyes World Bank aid
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar named Kolo Christopher Laurent Roger, a radiologist who lived abroad for decades, as its new prime minister on Friday, part of a process aimed at ending prolonged political turmoil on the Indian Ocean island.
Darfur rebel says peacekeepers turning blind eye to new violence
PARIS (Reuters) – A veteran rebel leader from Sudan’s Darfur region accused international peacekeepers on Friday of turning a blind eye to what he called a renewed campaign of ethnic cleansing by government-backed Arab militias.
U.S. charges nine in international hacking conspiracy; two extradited from UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nine people have been charged in an alleged international conspiracy that used malicious software to gather bank account details and use the information to steal millions of dollars, including from accounts held at a Nebraska ban…
