Pakistani Taliban chief killed in drone strike
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday, security and Taliban sources said, in a blow to the fragmented movement fighting against the nuclear-armed South Asian nation.
Africans push deferral of Kenya trials with U.N. draft resolution
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Rwanda, Togo and Morocco circulated among 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 one yea…
UK: Snowden reporter’s partner involved in ‘espionage’ and ‘terrorism’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British authorities claimed the domestic partner of reporter Glenn Greenwald was involved in “terrorism” when he tried to carry documents from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden through a London airport in August,…
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.
