EU presses Ukraine leader over Tymoshenko, he stalls
YALTA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Senior European Union officials pressed Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich on Friday to release jailed opponent Yulia Tymoshenko before a landmark summit, but he said he had not taken a firm decision on her case.
U.N. nuclear assembly urges North Korea to halt any reactor restart
VIENNA (Reuters) – Member states of the U.N. nuclear agency called on North Korea on Friday to halt any move to restart a reactor capable of producing plutonium for bombs, after reports the isolated north Asian state might have done so.
Shootout in Nigerian capital killed at least seven: doctor
ABUJA (Reuters) – A shootout in Nigeria’s capital between security forces and suspected Boko Haram Islamist gunmen early on Friday killed at least seven people, a doctor said at the hospital where the bodies were brought in.
Britain’s surging anti-EU party promises ‘earthquake’ at polls
LONDON (Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s rising right-wing anti-EU party on Friday promised a political “earthquake” with victory in next year’s European elections, a challenge that could threaten David Cameron’s hopes of a second term as prime minis…
Suspected al Qaeda attacks on Yemeni forces kill at least 31
ADEN (Reuters) – Suspected al Qaeda militants killed at least 31 Yemeni soldiers and policemen in attacks in the south of the country on Friday, their deadliest for more than a year, security officials said.
Israeli forces manhandle EU diplomats, seize West Bank aid
KHIRBET AL-MAKHUL, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers manhandled European diplomats on Friday and seized a truck full of tents and emergency aid they had been trying to deliver to Palestinians whose homes were demolished this week.
Dutch coalition party threatens to oppose F-35 fighter purchase
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch order for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which earlier this week was seen as a boost for the troubled project, is in doubt again after one of the coalition parties threatened to oppose the deal.
Ivory Coast to try ICC-wanted former first lady in Ivorian court
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast will try former first lady Simone Gbagbo, who is being sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity, in a domestic court, the government said following a special cabinet meeting on Frida…
Nigerian forces fight Islamists near lawmakers’ Abuja quarters
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian forces and members of Boko Haram clashed in a shootout near a residential compound for lawmakers in Abuja on Friday, the first clash involving Islamist militants in the capital this year.
War crimes court frustrated by reliance on witnesses
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – After the collapse of half a dozen cases over atrocities, International Criminal Court prosecutors are seeking to hire forensic experts to reduce their reliance on witness testimony.
