Just 40 percent of Colombians to participate in peace vote: poll
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Only 40 percent of Colombians will participate in a vote on whether or not to approve a peace deal with the leftist FARC rebels, a Gallup poll showed on Thursday, as negotiations to end more than 50 years of war drew to a close.
Footage shows U.S. diplomat, Russian guard grappling on embassy steps
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian television on Thursday broadcast video footage of what it said was a Russian police officer and a U.S. diplomat wrestling on the steps of the U.S. embassy in Moscow.
Costa Rica nominates former U.N. climate head to be next U.N. chief
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Costa Rica nominated former United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres on Thursday to be the next U.N. Secretary-General, making her the 12th candidate to enter the race ahead of the first Security Council secret ballot…
Israel tightens security near Hebron, angering Palestinians
BANI NA’IM, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel has ramped up security in the occupied West Bank since a Palestinian killed a 13-year-old Jewish girl in a settlement last week, deploying more troops and setting up checkpoints near the city of Hebron.
Germany arrests Algerian suspected of helping Paris attack ringleader
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police have arrested a man suspected of being a member of Islamic State and of feeding information to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who planned last year’s Paris attacks, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Russian special forces kill seven militants, lose officer in Dagestan
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday it had killed seven members of an armed group responsible for attacks on police, civilians and for what it said were terrorist acts, in a special operation in the volatile Dagestan region in the south of the c…
France: Syria’s three-day truce not enough for fresh peace talks
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Thursday that a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army was not good enough and it was unrealistic to expect a revival of peace talks without a long-term truce.
Police investigating suspect package at British parliament
LONDON (Reuters) – A suspect package triggered a security alert at the British parliament on Thursday but there were no reports of illness or injury, police said.
Lack of progress on NATO may turn Georgia towards Russia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Ex-Soviet Georgia could start a gradual drift back into the orbit of its former overlord Russia if it does not see tangible signs soon that it will be invited to join NATO.
Bulgaria to put alleged accomplices in airport bombing on trial within days: President
SOFIA (Reuters) – Two suspected accomplices in a bombing that killed five Israeli tourists at Burgas airport in Bulgaria in 2012 are expected to be put on trial in absentia within days, the Balkan country’s president said on Thursday.
