Presidential hopefuls clash on Iranian nuclear policy
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s hardline nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, a strong contender in next week’s presidential election, came under fire from rival candidates in a televised debate on Friday over the lack of progress in intermittent talks with world…
Hungary evacuates 2,000 people as precaution against floods
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian authorities evacuated more than 2,000 people from the western village of Gyorujfalu on Friday as a precaution against flooding along the river Danube.
First U.S. drone strike under new Pakistan prime minister kills seven
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed seven people and wounded three in northwest Pakistan late on Friday, security officials said, in the first such attack since the swearing-in of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister this week.
Peru’s leader says will not pardon jailed Fujimori
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s government on Friday rejected a pardon request from jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, saying he does not suffer from a terminal illness, in a move likely to aggravate tensions with the opposition.
Nigerian Islamists retreat, apparently to fight another day
KIRENOWA, Nigeria (Reuters) – All that remains of the Islamist fighters who once bedded down in this sandy enclave are charred clothes, burned out trucks and surgical equipment left beneath a thorny tree.
Putin orders crackdown on Islamists, police detain 300 people
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police rounded up 300 people at a Muslim prayer room in Moscow on Friday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a crackdown on radical Islamists ahead of next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Nigeria army says arrests man behind Delta police killings
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – The suspected mastermind behind an ambush in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta in April that killed 12 policemen has been arrested, the military said on Friday.
International court sidelined so far despite Syrian horrors
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court could have its hand full if it ever investigates Syria’s civil war – the alleged killing of hundreds of civilians by government shelling of Homs last year may well constitute a war crime or crime a…
British queen’s husband “satisfactory” after operation
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Philip, the 91-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, is making satisfactory progress in hospital after an operation on Friday, a royal spokesman said.
Venezuela proposes ending detention of judge who says she was raped
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s attorney general proposed on Friday to end the house arrest of a female judge who was detained on corruption charges in 2009 and alleged that she was raped in prison.
