Six dead as thousands of Mursi supporters march in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt on Friday to demand his reinstatement, in the movement’s biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were kille…
Congo’s army occupies rebel positions in breakthrough
KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – In their biggest success in a year, government troops in Congo occupied strategic hills overlooking the eastern town of Goma on Friday after rebel fighters withdrew.
Britain and U.S. to continue cooperating: PM Cameron
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said he had spoken to President Barack Obama and the two men had agreed British-U.S. cooperation would continue, after Britain’s decision not to support military action in Syria.
Venezuelan man who shot U.S. attaches sentenced to prison
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan man has been sentenced to 5-1/2 years in prison for shooting and wounding two U.S. military attaches at a strip club in the capital, the attorney general’s office said on Friday.
Obama says Syria chemical weapons attack threatens Israel, Jordan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday the chemical weapons attack in Syria threatened U.S. allies Israel, Turkey and Jordan and that while “nobody ends up being more war weary than me” he is considering a narrow, limited U.S. res…
Half of Mexicans say drug violence worse under Pena Nieto: poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Nearly half of Mexicans feel drug-related violence has increased since President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in December, according to a newspaper poll released on Friday, heaping pressure on the president who vowed to tame t…
Former rebels sow terror in Central Africa Republic: residents
BANGUI (Reuters) – Former rebels who seized power in Central Africa Republic are looting and killing indiscriminately in the country’s remote northwest, residents said on Friday, amid mounting pressure for a firm international response to the crisis.
Obama says Syria chemical weapons attack threatens Israel, Jordan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday the chemical weapons attack in Syria threatened U.S. allies Israel and Jordan and said his preference would have been for the international community to move forward on a response.
Large earthquake hits remote Alaska waters, no tsunami seen
ANCHORAGE (Reuters) – A large 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck early on Friday in waters 57 miles off the remote Alaska island of Adak, a former U.S. Navy station that is now a commercial fishing and maritime-service center, according to the U.S. Geolog…
Iran’s oil revenues drop 58 percent since 2011 as sanctions bite: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran’s monthly revenues from oil sales have dropped 58 percent since just before the United States imposed harsher sanctions on the country in 2011 because of Tehran’s disputed nuclear program, a senior U.S. official said.
