Student’s death touches nerve in austerity-hit Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) – A 19-year-old Greek student who died after an argument with a bus ticket inspector has come to symbolize the plight of a population ground down by worsening poverty and unemployment.
Defiant Hezbollah leader says ready to fight in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah accused radical Sunni Islamists on Friday of being behind a car bomb that killed 24 people in Beirut and vowed that the attack would redouble his group’s commitment to its military campaign in…
U.N. political affairs chief set to travel to Egypt next week
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is sending its political affairs chief to Egypt next week to meet with a range of officials including representatives from the Muslim Brotherhood amid the ongoing violence following the army’s ousting of Is…
Zuma draws fire on South Africa mine killings anniversary
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – Opponents of President Jacob Zuma turned the anniversary of South Africa’s bloodiest post-apartheid mine violence into an attack on his failure to tackle poverty and inequality on Friday after his government shunned a…
UK to EU: Urgently send monitors to Spain-Gibraltar border
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday asked European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to “urgently” send monitors to Gibraltar’s border with Spain where tightened security checks are fuelling a row between the two co…
Leaders call on EU to condemn Egypt violence, review ties
BERLIN (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany, France, Britain and Italy urged the European Union on Friday to send a united message condemning the violence in Egypt, with Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel calling on Brussels to review its ties with the cou…
Clashes in Egypt’s Alexandria kill five people: emergency services
CAIRO (Reuters) – Five people died in Egypt’s second city Alexandria on Friday in clashes between followers of the Muslim Brotherhood and security forces, an official at the local emergency services said.
India navy says four bodies found in submarine, no chance of survivors
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Divers have found the bodies of four sailors who were on board an Indian naval submarine that was badly damaged by a fire after an explosion, but it was unlikely any of the 14 other crew members would be found alive, the navy said…
Egyptian violence kills 24 policemen in last 24 hours
CAIRO (Reuters) – Twenty-four members of the Egyptian police force have been killed since late last night across the country, a security official said on Friday, bringing the number of police killed in political violence to 67 since Wednesday.
Magnitude 5.4 quake shakes Mexico City, no injuries or damage
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook Mexico City on Friday morning, with buildings evacuated but no immediate reports of damage.
