Kurdish officials say thousands flee Kirkuk since Iraqi army takeover
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kurdish officials said on Thursday thousands of their people had fled Kirkuk region fearing persecution since Iraqi armed forces retook it following a referendum on Kurdish independence that was rejected by Baghdad.
CIA chief says U.S.-Canadian couple held for five years in Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the CIA said on Thursday a U.S.-Canadian couple kidnapped by Islamist militants in Afghanistan were held inside neighboring Pakistan for five years before being freed.
Leaders of Venezuela’s bruised opposition to travel abroad to denounce ‘voting fraud’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Key members of Venezuela’s opposition, divided and dispirited after losing gubernatorial elections over the weekend, will travel abroad to denounce what it says is a “fraudulent” voting system under leftist President Nicolas Maduro….
‘A long way to go’ in German coalition talks, liberal FDP says
BERLIN (Reuters) – There is a long way to go in talks on forming a new German coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, a senior member of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) said after meeting the environmentalist Greens on Thursday…
Maltese journalist probably killed by remotely detonated bomb, government says
VALLETTA (Reuters) – Police believe a bomb that killed a prominent journalist in Malta was attached beneath her car and triggered remotely, a government spokeswoman said on Thursday, giving the first details of the investigation.
CIA chief says U.S.-Canadian hostages held for five years in Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the CIA said on Thursday that a U.S.-Canadian couple kidnapped by Islamist militants in Afghanistan were held inside neighboring Pakistan for five years before being freed last week.
Spain to suspend Catalonia’s autonomy in response to independence threat
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spain’s central government said on Thursday it would suspend Catalonia’s autonomy and impose direct rule after the region’s leader threatened to go ahead with a formal declaration of independence if Madrid refused to hold t…
Maltese journalist probably killed by remotely detonated bomb: government
VALLETTA (Reuters) – Police believe a bomb that killed a prominent journalist in Malta was attached beneath her car and triggered remotely, a government spokeswoman said on Thursday, giving first details of the investigation.
Washington ‘trying to squeeze Russian gas out of Europe’: Putin
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of trying to squeeze Russia out of European energy markets, saying the latest round of U.S. sanctions was designed to force Europe to buy U.S. liquefied natural ga…
With tears and song, China welcomes Xi as great, wise leader
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese officials on Thursday heaped praise on President Xi Jinping’s political ideology, unveiled a day earlier at a key Communist Party Congress, a sign that it could be enshrined in the party’s constitution and further cement his…
