Grenade blast in Russian courthouse kills two
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A man facing an assault charge detonated a grenade in a courthouse in Russia on Friday, killing himself and a court officer and wounding two other people, state authorities said.
UK phone-hacking trial hears editor wrote ‘do his phone’
LONDON (Reuters) – Andy Coulson, then editor of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World, instructed a journalist working on a story about a celebrity to “do his phone”, a jury trying Coulson and others for phone-hacking was told on Friday.
Turkey, Iran signal thaw in ties amid mutual concern on Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey and Iran said on Friday they had common concerns about the increasingly sectarian nature of Syria’s civil war, signaling a thaw in a key Middle Eastern relationship strained by stark differences over the conflict.
China’s Xinhua says ‘Peeping Tom’ U.S. risks own security by spying on allies
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States country risks its own security by refusing to trust even its own friends and spying on its allies, China’s official Xinhua news agency said on Friday, labeling the latest revelations heart-stoppingly fascinating.
Kerry to make first trip to Egypt since Mursi’s ouster
CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Egypt on Sunday for the first time since the army toppled the country’s first freely elected president on July 3, state news agency MENA said.
Syria military base blasts said to be Israeli strike
AMMAN/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Syrian rebels and a U.S. official cited by CNN said on Thursday Israel had mounted a new attack on a Syrian military base but the Israeli government declined to confirm any strike.
Two life sentences for rape, murder that shocked South Africa
SWELLENDAM, South Africa (Reuters) – A South African court sentenced a man to two life terms on Friday for the rape, mutilation and murder of a teenager in a case that shocked a nation with one of the world’s highest levels of violent crime.
Gunmen open fire at Cairo hotel in drinks dispute, no casualties
CAIRO (Reuters) – Gunmen have opened fire on a famous Cairo hotel located on the road to the pyramids, state-run Al-Ahram online reported on Friday.
China security chief blames Uighur Islamists for Tiananmen attack
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s domestic security chief believes a fatal vehicle crash in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in which five died was planned by a Muslim Uighur separatist group, designated a terrorist organization by the United States and United Nat…
Russian PM sees Syria peace talks by end of year
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes an international peace conference on Syria will be held before the end of this year, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, despite reported differences with the United States over opposition representation.
