Islamist militants free abducted Italian man in Philippine south

MANILA (Reuters) - Islamist militants have freed a former Catholic missionary priest on a remote Philippine southern island, six months after the Italian man was abducted from his pizza parlor, a military spokesman said on Friday.


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Race for run-off spot heats up ahead of Peru election

LIMA (Reuters) - The race for second place in the first round of Peru's presidential election on Sunday was still wide open on Friday, with polls split over who would earn the chance to face long-time front-runner Keiko Fujimori in an expected run-off.











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India in talks to buy U.S. Predator drones, has eye on China, Pakistan

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is in talks with the United States to purchase 40 Predator surveillance drones, officials said, a possible first step towards acquiring the armed version of the aircraft and a development likely to annoy Pakistan.











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Thailand bans old edition of Marie Claire for insulting monarchy

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand banned imports and sales of a six-month-old edition of women's magazine Marie Claire on Friday over an article it said carried content insulting to its royal family and offensive to its people.


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Italian man kidnapped last year in Philippines has been freed: ministry

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian man who was kidnapped last year in the Philippines has been freed, Italy's Foreign Ministry said on Friday, and the former missionary's family had been notified.


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NATO envoys, Russia to hold special council in Brussels: statement

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The NATO-Russia Council, which has not met since 2014, will convene in the next two weeks in Brussels to discuss the Ukraine crisis, the Western military alliance said on Friday, saying both sides had agreed to hold talks at the level of ambassadors.


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Nagorno-Karabakh combatants strike deal to safely recover their dead

BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and Armenian-backed separatists said on Friday they had struck a temporary deal to allow each side to safely search for the bodies of their soldiers killed in clashes over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.











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