UK’s Thomson Airways says Dreamliner forced to return to UK
LONDON (Reuters) – A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Britain’s Thomson Airways flying to the United States from northwest England was forced to return to Britain due to technical issues as a precaution on Friday, the airline said.
Obama to speak with Putin on Friday: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin late on Friday, the White House said, hours after former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said he would seek temporary asylum in Russia.
Cuban food ration system marks 50 years amid controversy
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s food-rationing system marked 50 years on Friday amid controversy, with President Raul Castro facing popular resistance to his plans to end the benefit as he moves the country from broad subsidies of goods and utilities to targ…
Bomber hits peacekeepers in Somalia, 8 civilians dead
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into an African peacekeeping convoy in the Somali capital on Friday, officials said, killing eight civilians but no soldiers in the latest attack to expose the fragility of …
Italy revokes expulsion of Kazakh oligarch’s wife
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government said on Friday it would revoke a deportation order against the wife and daughter of Kazakh oligarch and dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov, criticizing serious failings in the procedure which it said was conducted without th…
Italy revokes expulsion of Kazakh oligarch’s wife
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government said on Friday it would revoke a deportation order against the wife and daughter of Kazakh oligarch and dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov, criticizing serious failings in the procedure which it said was conducted without th…
Seven dead in French train derailment: government
PARIS (Reuters) – Seven people died and several dozen were injured when a regional train derailed en route from Paris to the central city of Limoges, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday.
Egyptian army helicopter briefly enters Gaza airspace
GAZA (Reuters) – An Egyptian military helicopter briefly crossed into Israeli-controlled airspace over the Gaza Strip on Friday, in a possible sign of increased security jitters a week after Egypt’s army toppled President Mohamed Mursi.
UK rejects public inquiry into ex-KGB spy’s poisoning
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government has turned down a request for a public inquiry into the murder of a former Russian spy in London which could have revealed whether Moscow was behind the killing, a coroner announced on Friday.
Romania sentences transport minister to jail for graft
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu was handed a five year prison sentence for corruption on Friday, becoming the country’s first government minister convicted while in office.
