Syria rebels meet U.N. Security Council, urge Russia to end Assad support
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syrian rebel leaders met with the U.N. Security Council for the first time on Friday to discuss the country’s two-year war and appealed to Russia to stop its powerful political and military support for Syrian President Bashar…
Breaking taboo, Mexico government aims to tax food, medicine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico plans to boost its tax coffers by an extra $50 billion a year with an overhaul that aims to extend sales tax coverage, close tax loopholes and could impose charges on capital gains.
Violence deepens Egypt turmoil, deposed leader probed for murder
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed and hundreds wounded in scattered violence across Egypt during mass rallies for and against the army’s overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, who was placed under investigation for murder.
Pope, in Brazil, asks young to change unfair, corrupt world
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged young people on Friday to change a world where food is discarded while millions go hungry, where racism and violence still affront human dignity and where politics is more associated with corruption than se…
U.S. intends to send two Guantanamo detainees to Algeria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Friday it plans to repatriate two inmates to Algeria from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, resuming the transfer of detainees from the controversial prison for the first time in nearl…
Tired of revolving door parliaments, Kuwaitis vote, again
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A boycott by some opposition Islamists may help liberals and independents in Kuwait’s election on Saturday, but there are signs that voters are flagging as they go to the polls for the sixth time in seven years.
Libyan activist shot dead in Benghazi
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Gunmen killed a lawyer and prominent Libyan political activist as well as two military officials in separate attacks in the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday, security officials said.
Pro-Mursi vigils to be brought to an end: Egypt interior minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sit-in protests in Cairo by supporters of Egypt’s deposed Islamist president will be “brought to an end soon and in a legal manner,” interim Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim was quoted as saying by state-run news website al Ahram.
Despite rapturous reception, pope faces challenges in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilians have given Pope Francis a superstar’s welcome on his first return to his home continent but the big question is whether the trip can help stop the hemorrhaging of the Catholic Church in Latin America.
Was ‘recklessness’ to blame for Spanish train crash?
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish police were investigating on Friday if the driver of a train that crashed in Santiago de Compostela killing dozens had been driving at reckless speed when he took a tight curve.
