Gaza ceasefire holds but mistrust runs deep

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held firm on Thursday with scenes of joy among the ruins in Gaza over what Palestinians hailed as a victory, and both sides saying their fingers were still on the trigger. In the sudden...

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Afghanistan truck bomb kills two, foreign troops among 70 wounded

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide truck bomb killed two people and wounded more than 70 in volatile eastern Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, with several foreign troops among those injured. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing in Maidan...

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Pakistan cuts phones in hope of stopping attacks on Shi'ites

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan is suspending phone coverage in many cities this weekend, an important one in the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, after a series of bomb attacks on Shi'ites triggered by mobile phones. Hardline Sunnis have threatened more attacks...

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Italy soccer attack stokes fears of neo-fascist violence

ROME (Reuters) - A brutal attack on fans of English football club Tottenham Hotspur in Rome has stoked fears in Italy of rising right-wing and anti-Semitic violence. Italy's capital has been rattled by increasing militancy by the extreme right since...

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Saudi dynasty faces generational choice

RIYADH (Reuters) - Two royal deaths and two cabinet reshuffles in just over a year have edged Saudi Arabia's ruling family toward a tough decision: turning to a new generation after 60 years of rule by sons of the founding patriarch. The succession...

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Sweden's rich and poor tussle over tutor tax breaks

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish government plan to offer tax breaks to parents who hire tutors for their children has sparked fresh fears about rising class divisions in the traditionally egalitarian nation. Though the country is home to the Swedish...

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Syria says Turkey's bid for NATO missiles "provocative"

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Friday condemned Turkey's request for NATO to deploy Patriot defense missiles near their common border, calling it "provocative", after a spate of fighting there that has raised fears of the Syrian civil war embroiling the...

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Protests after "pharaoh" Mursi assumes powers in Egypt

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decision to assume sweeping powers caused fury amongst his opponents and prompted violent clashes in central Cairo and other cities on Friday. Police fired tear gas near Cairo's Tahrir Square, heart...

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Ireland opens new probe into death of woman denied abortion

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has opened a new investigation into the death of a woman denied an abortion of her dying fetus, as the government scrambled to stem criticism of its handling of an incident that polarized the overwhelmingly Catholic country....

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Former Russian Defence Ministry official charged with fraud

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former bureaucrat was charged with fraud on Friday in a $100 million embezzlement case that has cost the defense minister his job and shone a spotlight on corruption in President Vladimir Putin's administration. Yevgeniya Vasilyeva,...

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Iran ready to sharply increase nuclear work in bunker: IAEA

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is ready to sharply expand its uranium enrichment in an underground site after installing all the centrifuges it was built for, a U.N. nuclear report showed on Friday, a development likely to fuel Western alarm over Tehran's nuclear...

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UK needs details before any recognition of Syria opposition

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs more details from the fledgling Syria opposition coalition before it can formally recognize the group, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Friday ahead of talks with Syrian opposition officials. The coalition...

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China's commerce minister voted out in rare congress snub: sources

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's commerce minister was surprisingly blocked from a spot on the ruling Communist Party's elite body during a conclave this week, sources said, a rare snub for an official that could raise questions about trade policies during...

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Amid tempered hopes, Colombia, FARC set for talks in Cuba

HAVANA (Reuters) - Amid hopes tempered by a history of failure, Colombia and the Marxist FARC rebels begin talks in Cuba on Monday in the latest bid to end their bloody, half-century-old conflict. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost and millions...

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Italy's Berlusconi says Monti's policy "disastrous"

ROME (Reuters) - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi called on Friday for a change in economic policy after what he called a "disastrous" year of austerity under the technocratic government of Mario Monti. The 76 year-old billionaire's latest...

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Analysis: Jordan's king pinched by absence of Gulf aid

LONDON (Reuters) - With protesters baying for his overthrow, Jordan's King Abdullah might be wondering why his fellow-dynasts in Gulf Arab states are not providing the cash that could calm the trouble. After days of demonstrations against fuel price...

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Iraqi forces clash with Kurdish troops, one dead

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One person died in clashes between Iraqi forces and troops guarding an office of a Kurdish political party on Friday, deepening tension between the oil-rich region and the central government in Baghdad. The fighting in Tuz Khurmato,...

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Putin, Merkel try to ease frosty Germany-Russia ties

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed German criticism of his human rights record on Friday as Chancellor Angela Merkel began a visit to Moscow with a chill descending on relations between the two big European powers. Merkel...

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Portugal ruling party support falls after tax hikes

LISBON (Reuters) - Support for Portugal's ruling Social Democrats fell further behind the opposition Socialists after the center-right government unveiled the largest tax increase in living memory, an opinion poll showed on Friday. The survey by Eurosondagem...

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Jerusalem and Tel Aviv under rocket fire, Netanyahu warns Gaza

GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian militants nearly hit Jerusalem with a rocket for the first time in decades on Friday and fired at Tel Aviv for a second day, in a stinging challenge to Israel's Gaza offensive after an Egyptian bid to broker a truce. The...

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Military plane crashes in south France: authorities

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - A military aircraft crashed in southeastern France on Friday, the local fire brigade said. It was not immediately clear how many people were on board or whether there were survivors from the crash in an uninhabited part...

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Iran issues warning after targeting U.S. drone

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said it would deal decisively with any foreign encroachment into its airspace, an apparent warning to the United States after one of its surveillance drones was targeted by Iranian warplanes last week. On Thursday U.S. officials...

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Chinese state firms say reform should mean more growth

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's big state-owned enterprises argued for continued expansion on Friday, echoing outgoing President Hu Jintao's comments urging more investment in major government firms and curtailing hopes of reform in the bloated sector. ...

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Gold fever sweeps South Sudan ahead of new mining law

NANAKANAK, South Sudan (Reuters) - Taking a break from the toil of digging, Leer Likuam sat on the edge of a shallow trench, puffed his pipe and boasted he once found a 200-gram gold nugget bigger than his thumb. In Nanakanak, a village of stick huts...

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