China probes top official in powerful security ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has begun an investigation into a senior official at the powerful public security ministry, the government announced on Friday, as speculation swirls about the fate of the country’s former domestic security tsar.
Nasrallah warns Israel Hezbollah will avenge commander’s killing
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday vowed to avenge Israel for the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut earlier this month.
Britain’s Cameron wants labor curbs for any new EU members
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain will push for tougher accession terms for any new members of the European Union to limit their citizens’ access to the bloc’s labor markets, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday.
Bosnia court jails Islamist for 45 years over bomb attack
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s state court sentenced an Islamist radical to 45 years in prison on Friday for a 2010 bomb attack on a police station in which one officer was killed and several injured.
Two Egyptian soldiers and three militants killed in Sinai battle: army
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – The Egyptian army said two soldiers were killed in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday while they carried out a raid that also left three al Qaeda-linked militants dead.
Italy’s “St. Valentine’s Beast” captured in France
ROME (Reuters) – A serial killer known as the “St. Valentine’s Beast” who went on the run after being allowed out of prison to visit his mother three days ago was captured in France on Friday, Italy’s interior minister said.
Italy PM Letta says his budget can’t be everyone’s ‘Father Christmas’
ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Enrico Letta told critics of his 2014 budget on Friday that Italy still needed to demonstrate its credibility to wary financial markets, rejecting calls for steeper tax cuts and more measures to stimulate growth.
Egyptian soldier killed in gunbattle with militants in Sinai
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – An Egyptian soldier was shot dead in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday while the army was conducting a raid to arrest al Qaeda-linked militants, security sources said.
West increasingly wary of Assad ouster by Islamists: Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Western diplomats are increasingly saying that President Bashar al-Assad keeping power is a better option for Syria than his overthrow by Islamist militants, Russia’s foreign minister was quoted as saying on Friday.
Uganda passes law meaning life in prison for some homosexual acts
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s parliament passed a law on Friday that makes some homosexual acts punishable by life in prison, a move that raised alarm among gays who are already afraid to express their sexuality openly.
