Insight: Old assumptions questioned in Arafat’s mysterious death
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – President Yasser Arafat’s spartan bedroom remains largely as he left it in 2004, when he flew off to France for treatment for a mystery illness only to return home two weeks later in a coffin.
Syria Islamists unite as faction-fighting goes on
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist fighters in Syria have joined forces to form what may be the biggest rebel army in the country, further undermining Western-backed military commanders and potentially challenging al Qaeda.
Analysis: Brazil’s Rousseff working to prevent a debacle in 2014
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Seen from Brazil’s modernist, glass-walled presidential palace, 2014 looks like a minefield.
Lebanese man identified as one of Iran embassy bombers: source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese authorities have identified one of the suicide bombers who attacked the Iranian embassy in Beirut this week as a Lebanese Islamist, a security source said on Friday.
Russia steals ‘Ukrainian bride’ at the altar
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s abrupt decision to return to Mother Russia’s bear hug after a flirtation with western Europe can be traced back to a secretive meeting of their two presidents two weeks ago.
Shots fired at convoy of U.N.’s Yemen envoy, no one hurt: security source
SANAA (Reuters) – Gunmen fired shots at a convoy carrying the United Nations’ envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, on Friday but no one was hurt in the attack, a security source said.
U.N. maritime court tells Russia to free Greenpeace ship
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – The U.N. maritime tribunal on Friday ordered Russia to release a Greenpeace ship and 30 people arrested in a protest against Russian Arctic oil drilling, most of whom have just been released from detention on bail.
Child killed by gunfire in clashes in Egypt’s Suez city
CAIRO (Reuters) – A 10-year-old boy shot dead on Friday near clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in Egypt’s northern city of Suez, security and medical sources said.
Philippines struggles to keep typhoon aid, donations graft-free
MANILA (Reuters) – As millions of dollars pour in for more than four million left homeless by a typhoon in the central Philippines, authorities are grappling with a familiar problem – how to stop fraudulent claims and prevent greedy politicians taking …
Czech police end search of Lufthansa flight after bomb threat
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech police were questioning a 34-year-old man who they said made a hoax bomb threat against a Lufthansa flight that landed in Prague on Friday, a police spokeswoman said.
