Director-General deplores murder of Somali journalist Liban Abdullahi Farah...
(Source: UN - United Nations) The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova today voiced deep concern about the safety of journalists in Somalia following the killing of Liban Abdullahi Farah on 7...
View ArticleClashes return to streets of Cairo in another blow for Egypt
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 01:30 By Ulf Laessing and Mike Collett-White CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian police and protesters clashed in central Cairo early on Tuesday after fights broke out between...
View ArticleGreek MPs vote in favour of charging ex-minister over tax-cheat list
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 02:09 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek lawmakers voted early on Tuesday in favour of pressing criminal charges against former finance minister George Papaconstantinou in a scandal over...
View ArticleJudge to rule on dismissing most serious charge in U.S. WikiLeaks trial
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 03:09 By Medina Roshan FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - A military judge trying the soldier accused of the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history heard arguments...
View ArticleExclusive - Police probe possible links between terrorism suspect and Boston...
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 03:48 By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - A Boston-area man accused of threatening to blow up an airplane allegedly had all the materials needed to build a pressure-cooker...
View ArticleMexico captures leader of Zetas drug cartel
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 03:49 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government said on Monday it had captured the leader of the Zetas drug cartel, delivering a boost to President Enrique Pena Nieto in...
View ArticleAsiana to sue TV station after gaffe over pilot name
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 04:11 By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Asiana Airlines said Monday it will sue a TV station that incorrectly reported racially offensive names of four pilots onboard the...
View ArticleSpain apologises to Bolivia for presidential plane delay
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 04:31 LA PAZ (Reuters) - Spain apologised on Monday for its part in the events that led Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane to be delayed earlier this month during an...
View ArticleMexico captures leader of brutal Zetas drug cartel
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 06:01 By Dave Graham and Alexandra Alper MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government said on Monday it captured the violent leader of the Zetas drug cartel in an...
View ArticleG20 to seek reassurance from Fed and China
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 14:04 By Lidia Kelly and Douglas Busvine MOSCOW (Reuters) - G20 summits don't always set the pulse racing but this week's gathering of finance ministers and central bankers in...
View ArticleViolence overshadows new Egyptian cabinet; seven killed
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 14:07 By Ulf Laessing and Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven people were killed and more than 260 wounded when Islamist supporters of Mohamed Mursi fought opponents of the...
View ArticleDutch couple held in Yemen plead for help, say at risk of death
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 14:09 SANAA (Reuters) - A Dutch couple held hostage in Yemen have appealed for help to secure their release, saying their captors have threatened to kill them in days unless...
View ArticleAlgeria's Bouteflika leaves France to return home
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 13:32 PARIS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in a French hospital since suffering a stroke in April, left France on Tuesday to return to...
View ArticleStranded fugitive Snowden seeks temporary asylum in Russia
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 14:40 By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden applied for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday after three weeks holed up at a...
View ArticleItaly interior ministry official quits over Kazakh case - source
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 14:48 ROME (Reuters) - The chief of staff of Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has resigned following a storm of criticism over the expulsion of the wife and daughter...
View ArticleEU to bar aid to Israelis in West Bank, stoking Israeli anger
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 14:52 By Adrian Croft and Allyn Fisher-Ilan BRUSSELS/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The European Union said on Tuesday it will bar financial assistance to Israeli organisations...
View ArticleSpain's Socialists threaten Rajoy with no-confidence vote
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 18:02 By Fiona Ortiz MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's opposition Socialists said on Tuesday they would call a symbolic vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy if...
View ArticleEU bar on aid to Israelis in West Bank stokes Israeli anger
Reuters July 16, 2013 - 17:56 By Adrian Croft and Allyn Fisher-Ilan BRUSSELS/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The European Union said on Tuesday it will bar financial assistance to Israeli organisations...
View ArticleSpain says it arrests British fugitive, breaks up global drug ring
Reuters July 17, 2013 - 02:19 By Clare Kane and Iciar Reinlein MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Tuesday they had arrested a Briton they described as one of Europe's top 10 most wanted...
View ArticleCuba claims missile parts on ship bound for North Korea seized in Panama
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