Dozens stuck overnight in cable cars near Mont Blanc
LYON, France (Reuters) – Forty-five people were stranded overnight in cable cars near Europe’s highest mountain, Mont Blanc, when a ride between two mountain peaks came to a halt on Thursday, French authorities said.
Three suspected female militants seized in France, policeman stabbed
BOUSSY-SAINT-ANTOINE/PARIS (Reuters) – Three women arrested on Thursday in connection with a car laden with gas cylinders found abandoned near Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral were likely planning an imminent attack, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazene…
U.S. attempted to rescue two hostages in Afghanistan -Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces attempted to rescue two civilian hostages in Afghanistan last month, but the captives were not at the location and no U.S. personnel or civilians were harmed in the attempt, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Gabon opposition leader challenges vote as mediation mission postponed
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon’s opposition leader lodged a constitutional court challenge on Thursday against a presidential election he narrowly lost, hoping to overturn a result whose validity has been questioned at home and abroad.
In about-face, Kerry heads to Geneva to meet Russia’s Lavrov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russia’s foreign minister in Geneva about a ceasefire deal for Syria, the State Department said on Thursday in a sudden about-face after saying it did not believe a meeting was worthwh…
Syria ready to cooperate with U.N. watchdog on gas attack accusations
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria said on Thursday it was ready to cooperate with the global chemical weapons watchdog over accusations it had used poison gas against insurgent held areas.
Syrian army and allies regain southern Aleppo district: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army and its allies have regained an important Aleppo district lost to rebels last month, state media and a war monitor said on Thursday, and were pressing an offensive south of the city to further squeeze the insurgents.
Kerry to meet Lavrov about Syria in Geneva on Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Friday in an effort to move toward a political agreement to end the Syrian civil war, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.
At least five killed in explosion in Syria’s Jarablus: Turkish security sources
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – At least five people were killed and 12 wounded in an Islamic State attack in the Syrian border town of Jarablus, Turkish security and hospital sources said on Thursday, only a day after civilians started returning to their homes i…
U.N. nuclear agency says Iran sticking to nuclear deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be used to make atomic weapons, a report by the U.N. nuclear agency found.
