Iran, U.N. nuclear agency to meet again after ‘constructive’ talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency held “constructive” talks on Friday and said they would meet again in a month’s time, signaling hope of finding an end to nearly two years of deadlock over Tehran’s atomic program.
Refugee boat sinks on way to Australia, 21 dead: Indonesian police
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A boat carrying migrants to Australia sank off the Indonesian coast on Friday, killing at least 21 people, Indonesian police said.
Chinese firm under U.S. sanctions wins Turkish missile deal
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – NATO member Turkey announced on Thursday it had agreed a $4 billion co-production deal for a long-range air and missile defense system with a Chinese firm hit by U.S. sanctions, rejecting rival bids from Russian, U.S. and European …
Majority of SPD members oppose coalition with Merkel: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Two in three members of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) oppose joining a ‘grand coalition’ with Angela Merkel’s conservatives, according to a poll on Friday that underlined the dilemma facing the centre-left opposition party.
Bus blast kills 17 government employees in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed on Friday when a remote-controlled bomb exploded on a bus carrying government officials in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials said.
Egyptian policeman killed in Sinai, clashes in Alexandria
CAIRO (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead an Egyptian policeman on Friday in the city of El-Arish in North Sinai, near the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Israel, state television reported.
Swiss government urges voters to reject cap on executive pay
BERN (Reuters) – The Swiss government urged voters on Friday to reject a proposal to limit monthly executive pay to no more than what the company’s lowest-paid staff earn in a year, saying it could hurt the attractiveness of Switzerland as a business d…
Strike hits Amplats South African mines
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Fewer than one in five workers turned up for work at Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) South African platinum mines around the city of Rustenburg, it said on Friday, in protest against planned job cuts.
Italian PM returns home to political tension
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta returned to Rome on Friday preparing for a showdown over the future of his warring coalition government following threats by Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right allies to walk out of parliament.
Russia kills five suspected militants in North Caucasus
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian security forces killed five suspected militants in the North Caucasus province of Dagestan on Friday including one believed to be a local Islamist insurgent leader, law enforcement authorities said.
