German, Brazilian U.N. draft urges halt to excessive spying
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Germany and Brazil circulated a draft resolution to a U.N. General Assembly committee on Friday that calls for an end to excessive electronic surveillance, data collection and other gross invasions of privacy.
Pirate money promotes global criminal activity: report
WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Pirates hijacking ships off the Horn of Africa and Somalia from 2005 to 2012 garnered well over a quarter of a billion U.S. dollars in ransom and used the money for criminal activities worldwide, accordi…
Obama tells Iraqi leader that U.S. wants ‘inclusive’ Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama pressed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday to build a more inclusive democracy in his country and said the United States would cooperate with Iraq as it tries to push back a resurgent al Qaeda.
Africans set to push deferral of Kenya trials in U.N. draft resolution
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Rwanda, Togo and Morocco are set to circulate to U.N. Security Council members on Friday a draft resolution to defer the International Criminal Court trials of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto for …
Two Golden Dawn supporters shot dead in Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) – Two members of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party were killed in a drive-by shooting outside the movement’s offices in Athens on Friday, raising fears of an escalation of political violence in the crisis-wracked country.
Egypt pulls satirist who poked fun at army chief off airwaves
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s top TV satirist was pulled off the air on Friday, a week after he poked fun at the army chief who ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July.
Director says video shows Sri Lanka army committed war crimes
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A documentary maker said on Friday video of a Tamil Tiger television presenter suggests she was captured alive and killed, rather than dying in the chaotic end of Sri Lanka’s three decade war.
U.N. envoy says no preconditions for Syria peace talks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy to Syria said on Friday there would be no preconditions for long-delayed peace talks, an assertion likely to anger an opposition movement that says it will only attend if the goal is to remove President Basha…
U.N. officials see risk of genocide in Central African Republic
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Central African Republic is at risk of spiraling into genocide as armed groups incite Christians and Muslims against each other in the virtually lawless country, senior U.N. officials told the Security Council on Friday.
Israel vows to deny Hezbollah weapons as details of Syria raid emerge
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said it would not allow advanced weapons to fall into the hands of Hezbollah, after a raid on Syria that opposition sources said had hit an air force garrison believed to be holding Russian-made missiles destined for the mi…
