U.N. appeals to Sudan to continue transporting South’s oil
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday urged Sudan not to shut down oil pipelines that are the sole conduit for crude exports from South Sudan, which relies heavily on oil revenues for its economy.
Suicide bomber targets busy Baghdad cafe, killing 25
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 25 people and wounded more than 50 in Baghdad on Friday when he detonated his explosives inside a busy cafe near a park popular with families, police and medical sources said.
Initial Western intelligence finds Syrian forces used chemical weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and allied intelligence agencies have made a preliminary assessment that chemical weapons were used by Syrian forces in an attack near Damascus this week, likely with high-level approval from the government of President Bash…
Colombia’s Santos calls negotiators home from peace talks in Cuba
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Friday he was calling home his team of negotiators from peace talks in Cuba with the Marxist FARC rebels, after the guerrilla group said earlier it was suspending its participation in th…
Three missing after helicopter crashes in Scotland
LONDON (Reuters) – Three people were missing after a helicopter carrying 18 people crashed into the sea off the coast of Scotland on Friday.
Nerve agent rockets seen behind Syria strike: experts
LONDON (Reuters) – While much remains sketchy about the apparent gassing of Syrians on the outskirts of Damascus, Western experts believe rockets or missiles were used to disperse a nerve agent in the worst chemical attack in a quarter of a century.
Egypt’s bruised Brotherhood fails to show street power
CAIRO (Reuters) – Mass protests called by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood mostly failed to materialize on Friday as the movement reels from a bloody army crackdown on followers of ousted President Mohamed Mursi.
Bombs kill 42 outside mosques in Lebanon’s Tripoli
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Bombs hit two mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday, killing at least 42 people and wounding hundreds, intensifying sectarian strife that has spilled over from the civil war in neighboring Syria.
Ivory Coast lawmakers pass critical land, nationality laws
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s parliament on Friday approved new laws to ease access to citizenship for millions of foreigners and improve state regulation of land ownership, two issues at the heart of a decade of political crisis and violence.
On Syria, Obama says no rush toward costly interventions
BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Barack Obama called the apparent gassing of hundreds of Syrian civilians a “big event of grave concern” but stressed on Friday he was in no rush to embroil Americans in a costly new war.
