Israeli troops kill Palestinian during West Bank raid: medics
JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian during a clash in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian witnesses and medical officials said.
Market closures dramatically cut cases of new China bird flu: study
LONDON (Reuters) – China should close live poultry markets in big cities to disrupt the spread of a new strain of bird flu that resurfaced there earlier this month, scientists said, after a previous shutdown was found to have slashed the number of huma…
Libya rescues 84 emigrants off Tripoli coast
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s navy has rescued 84 African emigrants from a boat that was foundering off its coast, state news agency Lana said, after hundreds drowned this month trying to reach Europe.
Polish journalist abducted in Syria escaped and is home
WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish journalist who was taken hostage by Islamist militants in northwest Syria in July managed to escape and has safely returned home, local media reported on Thursday.
Sub-Saharan Africa to grow 6 pct next year – IMF
ABUJA (Reuters) – Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth is expected to increase to six percent in 2014, from five percent this year, supported by investment in infrastructure and production capacity, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursda…
EU hopeful Serbia builds unexpected alliance with Emirates
BELGRADE/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – From animal feed to missiles and loans, Serbia is banking on an unlikely alliance with the United Arab Emirates to upgrade its vital farming industry, revive military production and get badly needed cheaper finance.
Iraqi tribes say Lukoil project must fuel better life
Al-Toraba, BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Sheikh Mansour Hamid al-Imara clutches his prayer beads and watches a huge new oil facility nearing completion across the road from his village, hoping that Russian operator Lukoil will offer his poor tribesmen a bett…
Mexico plan to beef up tax revenues nears final Senate approval
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate on Wednesday was close to passing a package of measures to bolster the country’s weak tax revenues, including higher taxes for the rich, levies on sugary drinks and junk food, as well as a charge on stock market …
Uighur leader questions China’s account of Tiananmen attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The exiled leader of China’s Uighur ethnic minority community called on Wednesday for an international investigation into an incident in which a car ploughed into pedestrians in Beijing, after Chinese authorities arrested five su…
Israel pushes plans for 3,500 settler homes after prisoners freed
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered officials on Wednesday to press ahead with plans to build 3,500 more homes for Jewish settlers, hours after Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S.-brokere…
