World Bank sees Afghan economic growth tumbling 10 percent in 2013
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan economic growth, largely reliant on international aid and security spending, will tumble more than 10 percent this year as foreign troops withdraw and endemic corruption and violence sap development, the World Bank said.
Dozens killed in new migrant shipwreck south of Sicily
PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) – Dozens of people died on Friday when a boat carrying around 250 migrants capsized between Sicily and Tunisia, in the second such shipwreck this month, the Italian coastguard said.
U.S. says captures senior commander of Pakistani Taliban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Afghanistan have captured senior Pakistani Taliban commander Latif Mehsud in a military operation and detained him under a law authorizing use of force against al Qaeda following the 2001 attacks, the Pentagon said…
Twelve people drown in migrant boat accident off Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Twelve people died when a boat carrying illegal migrants and Syrian refugees sank off Egypt’s northern coast on Friday, security and medical sources said.
Kerry, Karzai narrow differences over security deal: U.S. official
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai narrowed differences in initial talks on sealing a bilateral security deal and plan to meet again on Saturday, U.S. officials said on Friday.
U.S. judge denies request to appoint lawyer for captured al-Liby
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in New York on Friday declined to assign a court-appointed attorney to Abu Anas al-Liby, the senior al Qaeda figure captured in Libya last weekend, saying it was premature because he has apparently not yet been form…
Don’t blame Europe, stick with reform: Danish PM
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s center-left prime minister, accused by her left-wing parliamentary backers of veering too far to the right, said on Friday the country had got through the worst of its economic crisis and should persevere with unpopular…
South Africa’s Transnet says obtains court order to halt strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African logistics firm Transnet said on Friday it had obtained a court order to prevent a strike that a union threatened to launch this week.
Kenya charges man with terrorist plot, links him to mall attack
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – A Kenyan court on Friday charged a man suspected of links to last month’s attack on a Nairobi shopping mall with plotting to commit terrorist acts in the port city of Mombasa.
One person killed in Islamist protests in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – One person was killed in clashes during protests in Egypt on Friday, state news agency MENA reported, as Islamists pressed on with demonstrations against the army-backed government.
