Indians attack Domino’s as U.S. diplomatic dispute simmers
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian protesters ransacked a Domino’s Pizza outlet in a Mumbai suburb on Friday, demanding a ban on U.S. goods, as officials from the two countries tried to defuse a dispute over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York.
Mexico’s president signs law to reform energy market, attract investment
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday signed into law a radical reform of the country’s energy market, ending a 75-year oil and gas monopoly in the hope of attracting major investments to increase production.
Czech center-left pushes for deal on cabinet posts
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech Social Democrat leader Bohuslav Sobotka made what he called a final offer on Friday to the smallest party in a potential center-left coalition in a push to form a new government by the end of the year.
With cash, Ukraine’s political foes bring fight to Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rival political factions facing each other on the streets of Ukraine have also enlisted heavyweight lobbyists in Washington, some with connections at the highest levels of U.S. government, to promote their causes to American poli…
Turkish prime minister faces biggest threat of his rule
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s purge of the police command spread to other state institutions on Friday, widening a crackdown on what he described as a foreign-backed conspiracy to undermine him and create a “state within a state”…
Bombs, shooting kill at least 14 in northern Iraq: police
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – Bombings and shootings killed at least 14 people in northern Iraq on Friday, police said, the latest in what has become the fiercest spate of violence in the country in years.
U.S., UK spies targeted Israeli PM, EU official: Snowden leaks
LONDON (Reuters) – British and U.S. spies targeted a senior European Union official, German government buildings, and the office of an Israeli prime minister, according to the latest leaked documents from Edward Snowden published on Friday.
Syria most dangerous country for media in 2013, 126 dead worldwide: INSI
GENEVA (Reuters) – A total of 126 journalists and other media workers around the world have died on the job this year, with Syria the most dangerous place to work for the second year in a row, the International News Safety Institute said on Friday.
U.S. caution over Syria talks prompts opposition doubts
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Senior Syrian opposition figures are questioning whether they should attend peace talks next month following U.S. warnings that the swift departure of President Bashar al-Assad from power cannot be guaranteed, opposition sources sa…
Militia attack Muslims in Central African Republic’s capital
BANGUI (Reuters) – Christian militia attacked Muslim neighborhoods in the capital of the Central African Republic on Friday, as France appealed to European partners for assistance in quelling months of religious violence in its former colony.
