U.N. receives request to accredit strip-searched Indian envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Friday it has received an official request from India to accredit an Indian diplomat based in New York, who was subjected to a strip search and arrested by U.S. authorities over alleged visa fraud.
Pakistan’s Musharraf in U.N. appeal to try to halt treason trial
LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers for former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf on Friday appealed to the United Nations to intervene and help prevent him being tried for treason, saying he faced a “show trial”.
Bosnian 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 an officer was killed and several injured.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian near Gaza border: Palestinians
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian and wounded three others in three separate incidents of cross-border violence in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian officials said.
Nigeria Boko Haram member jailed over Christmas bomb attack
ABUJA (Reuters) – A Nigerian court sentenced a member of Islamist group Boko Haram to life imprisonment on Friday for his involvement in bombings including a 2011 Christmas Day attack on a Catholic church near the capital that killed 37 people.
African mediators try to avert civil war in South Sudan
JUBA (Reuters) – African mediators said they held “productive” talks on Friday with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, trying to prevent an almost week-long conflict plunging the world’s newest nation into a civil war along ethnic faultlines.
Czech center-left pushes for deal on cabinet posts
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech Social Democrat leader Bohuslav Sobotka made what he called a final offer on Friday to the smallest party in a potential center-left coalition in a push to form a new government by the end of the year.
Iran, six powers extend expert-level talks to Saturday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers have extended expert-level talks in Geneva on the implementation of a landmark deal obliging Tehran to curb its nuclear program for at least one additional day, diplomats said on Friday.
Venezuela inflation data delay sparks controversy
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has delayed publishing its closely watched monthly inflation data, sparking opposition accusations that the figures might be manipulated to suit President Nicolas Maduro’s “economic offensive” to bring prices down.
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.
