Russia says to do everything possible to maintain Iran nuclear deal: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia do everything possible to maintain the global nuclear deal with Iran, the foreign ministry in Moscow was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency on Thursday.
Macedonia’s parliament endorses name deal with Greece for second time
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonia’s parliament again endorsed a landmark agreement with neighboring Greece to change the ex-Yugoslav republic’s name on Thursday, despite the refusal of President Gjorge Ivanov to sign it.
Physicians say Rohingya scars ‘highly consistent’ with Myanmar atrocity reports
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslims’ accounts of being shot, hacked and wounded by explosives are supported by forensic evidence, according to a report by physicians who examined them in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Russian jets hit Syrian south, U.N. urges Jordan to open border
BEIRUT/AMMAN/GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian army troops came close to the Jordanian border on Thursday as the opposition and Russia agreed to resume suspended talks on a deal to end fighting that has sparked one of the fastest displacements in the course of…
Venezuela urged to open doors to aid, restore rule of law
GENEVA (Reuters) – Led by Peru, more than 50 countries urged Venezuela on Thursday to restore the rule of law and open its doors to humanitarian assistance, as an economic crisis causes shortages of medicine and growing malnutrition.
Hezbollah role in Syrian south exposes limits of U.S. policy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah is helping to lead a Russian-backed offensive in southern Syria, pro-Damascus sources said, exposing the limits of U.S. policy that hopes Moscow can get Iran and groups it backs out of the country.
Israel charges former employee of NSO Group with cyber crimes
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A former employee of cyber surveillance company NSO Group has been charged with stealing intellectual property and trying to sell it for $50 million over the Darknet in a manner that could harm state security, Israel’s Justice Mini…
Russian warplanes pummel southwest Syria in support of government assault
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Dark clouds of smoke rose over Syrian rebel-held areas near the border with Jordan on Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad’s Russian allies unleashed heavy air strikes and government forces launched ground assaults.
Merkel’s Bavarian ally hopeful SPD coalition partner will back migrant centers
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior minister said on Thursday he was confident center-left coalition partners would back setting up border zone transit centers for migrants under a plan to defuse a dispute over asylum policy threatening to bring down…
Afghan capital picks itself up from decades of war, but what next?
KABUL (Reuters) – The aging Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 took off from Islamabad with about 10 passengers, myself included, huddled near the exits, bound for war-torn Kabul months after the 2001 fall of the Taliban.
