Fragmented opposition, Syrian government both hamper aid: agencies
GENEVA (Reuters) – Aid workers are having to negotiate with an increasing number of rebel sub-factions to organize delivery of aid to Syrian civilians, while the government continues to deny access to many areas, severely hampering their work, agencies…
Nigerian forces raid building in Abuja, 7 killed
ABUJA (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed in what Nigerian security forces said was a shootout with Islamists in the capital Abuja, but several witnesses at a hospital said was an attack on unarmed squatters.
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.
Merkel’s center-right coalition has slight lead in Emnid poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right coalition was ahead of the combined leftist opposition by a 45-44 percent margin in an opinion poll by the Emnid institute for Bild am Sonntag newspaper was released on Friday ahead of Sunday’s…
Pakistan says to free senior Afghan Taliban commander
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan will release former Afghan Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Saturday, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
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.
