North Korea demands Panama free seized ship carrying arms
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea demanded on Thursday the release of its ship held in Panama with what appear to be missile radar and other weapons loaded in Cuba, saying it was sailing under a legitimate deal and calling the initial suspicion of drugs on…
U.S. suggests Egyptian military may have averted civil war
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt may have avoided a civil war this month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday, saying this was one factor to weigh as Washington decides whether to cut off most U.S. aid to the Arab nation.
Guinea deploys troops as 54 are killed in ethnic clashes
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea sent troops to towns in the southeast on Wednesday in a bid to stem three days of ethnic violence in which at least 54 people have been killed, the government said.
Bomb attack kills seven in northern Iraq tea house: police, medics
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – A bomb blast in a teahouse in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed at least seven people on Wednesday, police and medics said.
Russia’s Putin puts U.S. ties above Snowden
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin signaled clearly on Wednesday that he did not want a dispute over the fate of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden to derail Russia’s relations with the United States.
Stray bullets from Syria kill two in Turkish border town
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A man and a 15-year-old boy were killed by stray bullets shot from Syria into a Turkish border town, officials said on Wednesday. Turkish troops returned fire, in the most serious spillover of violence in weeks.
Nigeria restores phone service to violence-hit state
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – Mobile phone services returned in Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe state on Wednesday, residents said, ending two months of signal blackout after a state of emergency was declared in areas struck by Islamist insurgents.
Protests mount ahead of Greek parliament vote on layoffs
ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of Greek workers chanting anti-austerity slogans flocked outside parliament on Wednesday, hours before lawmakers inside vote on a divisive reform bill that would cut thousands of public sector jobs.
Brazil’s Rousseff rules out ‘fiscal populism’ as demands rise
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vowed on Wednesday that her government will not spend beyond its means, rejecting the temptation of increasing outlays to improve public services in the wake of an outburst of national discontent …
Pakistan Taliban fighter asks Malala to come home
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Taliban commander has written to Pakistani girl activist Malala Yousafzai, saying he regretted her shooting last year by militants and urging her to come home.
