Merkel hopeful ‘grand coalition’ deal will be done next week
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she expected a difficult final few days of coalition negotiations but was hopeful that her conservatives and the Social Democrats would reach agreement on a new government next …
RA Yemeni MP killed, shots fired at U.N. envoy’s convoy-security sources
SANAA (Reuters) – Attackers on a motorbike shot dead a Yemeni parliament member in Sanaa and a gunman opened fire on a convoy carrying the United Nations’ envoy to Yemen without causing any injuries or damage, in two separate incidents on Friday, secur…
Insight: Old assumptions questioned in Arafat’s mysterious death
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – President Yasser Arafat’s spartan bedroom remains largely as he left it in 2004, when he flew off to France for treatment for a mystery illness only to return home two weeks later in a coffin.
Syria Islamists unite as faction-fighting goes on
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist fighters in Syria have joined forces to form what may be the biggest rebel army in the country, further undermining Western-backed military commanders and potentially challenging al Qaeda.
Analysis: Brazil’s Rousseff working to prevent a debacle in 2014
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Seen from Brazil’s modernist, glass-walled presidential palace, 2014 looks like a minefield.
Lebanese man identified as one of Iran embassy bombers: source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese authorities have identified one of the suicide bombers who attacked the Iranian embassy in Beirut this week as a Lebanese Islamist, a security source said on Friday.
Russia steals ‘Ukrainian bride’ at the altar
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s abrupt decision to return to Mother Russia’s bear hug after a flirtation with western Europe can be traced back to a secretive meeting of their two presidents two weeks ago.
Shots fired at convoy of U.N.’s Yemen envoy, no one hurt: security source
SANAA (Reuters) – Gunmen fired shots at a convoy carrying the United Nations’ envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, on Friday but no one was hurt in the attack, a security source said.
U.N. maritime court tells Russia to free Greenpeace ship
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – The U.N. maritime tribunal on Friday ordered Russia to release a Greenpeace ship and 30 people arrested in a protest against Russian Arctic oil drilling, most of whom have just been released from detention on bail.
Child killed by gunfire in clashes in Egypt’s Suez city
CAIRO (Reuters) – A 10-year-old boy shot dead on Friday near clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in Egypt’s northern city of Suez, security and medical sources said.
