Guatemalan policeman cleared of prison murder in Austrian trial
VIENNA (Reuters) – A former police official in Guatemala was cleared of abetting the murder of seven prisoners on Thursday at a trial in Austria, which has granted him political asylum.
Kurdish rebels say Turkish reforms ‘disappoint’, weigh ceasefire
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Kurdish militants are considering whether to maintain their ceasefire after saying Turkish political reforms aimed at bolstering democracy had failed to address their grievances.
Iraq executes 42 ‘terrorists’, including woman, as violence worsens
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq executed 42 people, including a woman, for mass killings and other “terrorism” offences over two days this week, the justice ministry and the United Nations said on Thursday after a surge in sectarian violence.
France says its forces kill 10 Islamist militants in Mali
PARIS (Reuters) – French special forces killed around 10 militants in a gun battle in northern Mali this month, Paris said on Thursday, as simmering violence threatens security at November elections and will delay a French troop withdrawal.
Western powers talk nuclear disarmament, upgrade what’s left
VIENNA (Reuters) – The world’s stockpile of nuclear weapons is a quarter of the size it was at its Cold War peak in the 1980s – but the United States, Russia, China, France and Britain are all considering or taking steps to modernize their arms systems…
Lebanon tribunal names new suspect in 2005 Hariri killing
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – An international court published on Thursday an arrest warrant for a fifth suspect in the 2005 bombing on the Beirut waterfront that killed Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri and 21 others, almost tipping the country into civ…
Boskalis wins $30 million contract to remove wrecked Concordia
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch marine salvage company Royal Boskalis Westminster won a 30 million dollar contract to remove the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia from the waters around the Italian island of Giglio, the company said on Thursday.
Some Egyptian Islamists on haj pray for victory against generals
MECCA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian authorities have asked pilgrims to put politics aside during the annual haj, but amid bitter divisions in Egypt, some Islamists refuse to keep quiet.
Iranian dissidents say Tehran moving nuclear research site
PARIS (Reuters) – An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Thursday it had information about what it said was a center for nuclear weaponisation research in Tehran that the government was moving to avoid detection ahead of negotiations with world pow…
Pakistani teenager, shot by Taliban, wins EU human rights prize
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for education for girls, won the European Union’s annual human rights award on Thursday, beating fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden…
