Tunisian police kill two Islamist militants in clashes
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police killed two Islamist militants and arrested others from the hardline group Ansar al-Sharia after two policemen were killed in fighting near the Algerian border, a senior security source said on Friday.
Italian protests against Letta government disrupt transport
ROME (Reuters) – Civil servants, hospital staff and transport workers went on strike on Friday in protest against Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s government, causing disruptions in Rome and across the country.
Saudi Arabia, angered over Mideast, declines Security Council seat
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia, in an unprecedented show of anger at the failure of the international community to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues, said on Friday it would not take up its seat on the United Nations Security Co…
SPD leader says Germany must ‘fight for Europe’
BERLIN (Reuters) – In his first speech since agreeing to coalition talks with Angela Merkel’s conservatives, the leader of the Social Democrats delivered an impassioned defense of European bailouts, saying Germany’s own success hinged on that of its ne…
French far-right suspends candidate over chimp slur
PARIS (Reuters) – A local election candidate who equated France’s black justice minister with a monkey on her Facebook page was suspended by the far-right National Front on Friday after being exposed on television.
Pussy Riot member drops release plea to support band mate
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) – Pussy Riot punk band member Maria Alyokhina on Friday dropped her plea for early release from jail to show support for a band mate on hunger strike to protest against prison conditions.
China outraged as Japanese lawmakers visit shrine to war dead
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s internal affairs minister and more than 100 other lawmakers visited the Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Friday and China responded by accusing Japan of undermining ties and trying to overturn the post-World War Two order.
German SPD urges quick action to rein in rising energy costs
BERLIN (Reuters) – The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) said on Friday a new government must move quickly to rein in rising energy costs in order to safeguard the competitiveness of German industry.
South African police arrest fifth suspect in toddler murders
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African police investigating the rape and murder of two toddlers whose bodies were found in a public toilet arrested a fifth man on Friday, described by local media as the prime suspect in a crime that has shocked the nat…
New election in Maldives in doubt as challengers dither over list
MALE (Reuters) – Hopes that a presidential election in the Maldives would go ahead on the weekend faded on Friday with a new voter registry not ready because of objections from challengers to the country’s first democratically elected leader.
