Portugal PM says ready to overcome divergences with partner
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s prime minister said on Friday he is ready to overcome divergences with his coalition partner and to finish a bailout program in June 2014 as planned.
American tourist, two Spaniards gored at Pamplona bull-run
PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) – A U.S. tourist was gored by a bull on Friday along with two Spaniards as they all took part in a bull-run in Pamplona, where people race through the Spanish town’s cobbled streets pursued by the animals.
South American bloc to send tough message to U.S. on spying, Snowden
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – South American leaders planned to send a tough message to Washington on Friday over allegations of U.S. spying in the region and to defend their right to offer asylum to fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Venezuela says Snowden has still not formally responded to asylum offer
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Venezuela has still not received a formal response to its offer of asylum to former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua told Reuters on Thursday.
China, Taiwan brace for typhoon as flood toll exceeds 200
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China and Taiwan braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik as the toll of dead and missing from torrential rain across a broad swath of China climbed beyond 200.
U.S. lawmakers could ease ‘coup’ ban on aid to Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers will begin to vote as soon as next week on legislation that could continue aid to Egypt even if the Obama administration determines that the ouster of elected President Mohamed Mursi was a military coup, lawmakers …
About 200 prisoners break out of overcrowded Indonesia jail: police
JAKARTA (Reuters) – About 200 prisoners escaped from a maximum security prison in Indonesia’s fourth-largest city, Medan, late on Thursday after a protest over a lack of water and electricity turned violent, a police spokesman said.
Egyptian policeman killed in militant attack in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – One Egyptian policeman was killed and another was badly wounded on Friday by militants who fired rocket-propelled grenades at security checkpoints in the lawless Sinai peninsula, near the border with Israel, security sources said.
Ireland votes to allow limited abortion rights for first time
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s parliament voted on Friday to allow abortion under certain conditions for the first time, following months of polarizing debate in the Catholic country including letters to the premier written in blood.
Anti-Assad rebels say U.S. arms needed, vow to control distribution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Syria’s opposition said on Thursday that it was concerned U.S. lawmakers had succeeded in holding up U.S. weapons deliveries to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and repeated assurances the arms will not go to Isla…
