Islamists rally to defend Tunisian government after assassination
TUNIS (Reuters) – Several thousand Islamists took to the streets of Tunis on Friday to defend the Islamist-led government from popular demands for it to resign over the assassination of a secular opposition politician.
Top Russian opposition leader appeals conviction ahead of Moscow vote
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and anti-graft blogger, Alexei Navalny, on Friday filed an appeal against his conviction and sentencing to five years in prison for embezzling funds from a state timber company.
Two killed in clashes during rival rallies in Egypt: agency
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two Egyptians were killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Mursi in Egypt’s second biggest city of Alexandria on Friday, Egypt’s MENA news agency reported.
Gangs have won parts of troubled Mexican region: president
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said that organized crime has gained the upper hand in a violent part of the country, in unusually frank comments about the difficulties his government is facing to subdue powerful drug c…
Cat-and-mouse in Zimbabwe’s election cyber war
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government has blocked mass SMS bursts ahead of next week’s election, hobbling a powerful source of non-official information in the tightly controlled southern African state, activists and a phone company source said on Fr…
Suicide bombs kill 39 near Shi’ite mosques in Pakistan
PARACHINAR/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Suicide bombers on motorcycles blew themselves up within a minute of each other outside Shi’ite mosques in a volatile Pakistani town near the Afghan border on Friday, killing at least 39 people, officials said….
South Sudan’s Machar says accepts sacking as VP but sees vacuum
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s former Vice President Riek Machar said on Friday he accepted his sacking but criticized President Salva Kiir for creating a political vacuum in the African oil producer by firing his entire cabinet.
Ransom likely motive for reporter kidnapping in Syria: Polish PM
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish journalist Marcin Suder was probably taken hostage by a particularly radical and dangerous group of militants in Syria seeking ransom, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday.
Lawyers in Turkey seek retrial for Kurdish rebel leader Ocalan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Lawyers for Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, serving a life sentence in Turkey for treason, on Friday filed a request for his retrial, arguing recent legislative changes pave the way for new legal proceedings and a fairer tria…
Libyan activist shot dead in Benghazi
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Gunmen killed a lawyer and prominent Libyan political activist in the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday, a security official and residents said.
