Venezuela says suspects held Portuguese man in bunker for 11 months
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan prosecutors have charged a woman and four men in connection with the kidnapping of a Portuguese man who was held captive in an underground bunker for nearly a year before being rescued this week.
Suicide bomb kills at least 13 worshippers in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bombing at a Pakistani religious center killed at least 13 worshippers on Friday, the third major attack to test the new government since the Taliban vowed revenge for a U.S. drone strike that killed its deputy …
Czech coalition partner backs Nemcova as PM candidate
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The junior party in the ruling Czech coalition, TOP09, backed a plan on Friday to nominate parliament speaker Miroslava Nemcova as the new prime minister following the resignation of Petr Necas in a spying and bribery scandal.
Bashir threatens again to stop oil exports from South Sudan
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday threatened again to stop oil flows across its border with arch-rival South Sudan unless the south stops supporting rebels operating across the shared frontier.
Madagascar needs clean start, former PM turned candidate says
PARIS (Reuters) – Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina’s reluctance to give up power has become a serious impediment to the island nation’s progress, his former prime minister turned rival, Monja Roindefo, said on Friday.
Germany, Turkey summon envoys in row over protests, EU
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and Turkey summoned each other’s ambassadors on Friday for tit-for-tat reproaches in an escalating row over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s criticism of a crackdown on protesters in Turkey and her reluctance to see the country joi…
North Korean U.N. envoy urges end to economic sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea’s envoy to the United Nations on Friday called on the United States to lift its economic sanctions against Pyongyang and urged U.N. members not to follow Security Council sanctions imposed over the North’s nuclear…
Russia eyes amnesty for economic crime – but selectively
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Thousands of Russian entrepreneurs jailed for economic crimes could be a step closer to freedom after President Vladimir Putin said on Friday a draft amnesty bill was ready and may be taken up by parliament before its summer b…
Germany, Turkey summon envoys in row over protests, EU
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and Turkey summoned each other’s ambassadors on Friday for tit-for-tat reproaches in an escalating row over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s criticism of a crackdown on protesters in Turkey and her reluctance to see the country joi…
Rwandan opposition group seeks registration, political freedoms
KIGALI (Reuters) – Hundreds of opposition supporters packed a hall in the Rwandan capital on Friday saying they were determined to register their party after what the group has said was years of obstruction by the government of President Paul Kagame.
