Philippines to buy 12 South Korean fighters for $422 million
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines is to acquire a squadron of FA-50 fighters from South Korea in a deal worth $422 million (18.9 billion pesos), a senior Philippine defense official said on Friday, boosting its capability as tension simmers in the Sou…
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe turns 90
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe turned 90 on Friday, far from home on a medical trip that has intensified concerns about his health and stoked a simmering succession battle in a country under his thumb for more than three decades….
The signals that opened Renzi’s path to Italian power
ROME (Reuters) – Matteo Renzi espoused two rules on his path to power: don’t govern without being elected, and don’t rely on the establishment that has long called the shots in Italian politics. Then he saw a chance to act.
Italy’s Renzi to propose cabinet list to president today: party source
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s prime minister-designate Matteo Renzi will see President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday and present the head of state with his list of cabinet ministers, a source in Renzi’s center-left Democratic Party said.
Miner killed at South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A miner affiliated to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was attacked and killed at a mine belonging to South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum, police and unionists said, the latest violent incident in the strike-hit secto…
Flights cancelled as security staff strike at Frankfurt airport
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Security workers at Frankfurt airport went on strike on Friday, prompting dozens of flight cancellations and causing delays to travelers passing through Europe’s third-largest hub.
Miner killed at South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A miner was attacked and killed by group of men at mine belonging to South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum, the latest violence in the turbulent, strike-hit sector, police said on Friday.
Gaza’s economic woes pile up, unemployment soars
GAZA (Reuters) – Voices of construction workers and the noise from their tools used to ring out in Gaza’s streets. Now hulks of unfinished buildings stand in eerie silence, and the idle builders are left to worry how to make ends meet.
Nepal tightens controls of climbers after Everest brawl
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal will enforce tighter controls of climbers on Mount Everest to ensure the world’s highest peak is safe, officials said on Friday, after a fight last April between three Europeans and a large group of Sherpas.
Iran boosts military support in Syria to bolster Assad
LONDON/ANKARA (Reuters) – As Syria’s war nears the start of its fourth year, Iran has stepped up support on the ground for President Bashar al-Assad, providing elite teams to gather intelligence and train troops, sources with knowledge of military move…
