Bombings, shootings kill at least 23 across Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 23 people were killed in bombings and shootings in Iraq on Friday, police and medical sources said, the latest in the worst wave of sectarian attacks to sweep the country in five years.
Mexican cartel kingpin’s son nabbed on drug charges in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A son of Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has been arrested in Arizona on cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking charges, authorities said on Friday.
Five plead guilty after cocaine ship is seized in Ghana waters
ACCRA (Reuters) – Four citizens of Guyana and one Ghanaian pleaded guilty on Friday to charges related to the seizure of a ship carrying tens of millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine, a senior legal official said.
Merkel hopeful ‘grand coalition’ deal will be done next week
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she expected a difficult final few days of coalition negotiations but was hopeful that her conservatives and the Social Democrats would reach agreement on a new government next …
RA Yemeni MP killed, shots fired at U.N. envoy’s convoy-security sources
SANAA (Reuters) – Attackers on a motorbike shot dead a Yemeni parliament member in Sanaa and a gunman opened fire on a convoy carrying the United Nations’ envoy to Yemen without causing any injuries or damage, in two separate incidents on Friday, secur…
Insight: Old assumptions questioned in Arafat’s mysterious death
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – President Yasser Arafat’s spartan bedroom remains largely as he left it in 2004, when he flew off to France for treatment for a mystery illness only to return home two weeks later in a coffin.
Syria Islamists unite as faction-fighting goes on
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist fighters in Syria have joined forces to form what may be the biggest rebel army in the country, further undermining Western-backed military commanders and potentially challenging al Qaeda.
Analysis: Brazil’s Rousseff working to prevent a debacle in 2014
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Seen from Brazil’s modernist, glass-walled presidential palace, 2014 looks like a minefield.
Lebanese man identified as one of Iran embassy bombers: source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese authorities have identified one of the suicide bombers who attacked the Iranian embassy in Beirut this week as a Lebanese Islamist, a security source said on Friday.
Russia steals ‘Ukrainian bride’ at the altar
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s abrupt decision to return to Mother Russia’s bear hug after a flirtation with western Europe can be traced back to a secretive meeting of their two presidents two weeks ago.
