Abbas says some Israeli rabbis called for poisoning Palestinian water
BRUSSELS/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday accused Israeli rabbis of calling for the poisoning of Palestinian water, in what appeared to be an invocation of a widely debunked media report that recalled a medieval ant…
Pistorius says murdered girlfriend would want him to go free: ITV
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius said that Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend he was convicted of murdering on Valentine’s Day 2013, would want him to go free, in a television interview due to be broadcast on Friday.
France’s Hollande to meet Germany’s Merkel before EU summit
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of an EU summit on Tuesday following Britain’s referendum on its EU membership, France’s European affairs minister said.
Japan probes suspected North Korean rocket nose cone amid growing missile concerns
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Thursday began to examine the suspected nose cone of a North Korean rocket that washed up on a Japanese beach hoping to glean information on the reclusive state’s ballistic missile program a day after it test-launched two mor…
Macedonian opposition to boycott parliament over wiretap scandal
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonia’s main opposition party said on Thursday it was boycotting parliament until the constitutional court rules on the status of a special prosecutor appointed to investigate a wiretapping scandal that has plunged the country in…
Russia says invited Turkish foreign minister to meeting in Sochi
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has invited Turkey’s foreign minister to take part in a meeting of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization in Sochi on July 1, the spokeswoman of Russia’s foreign ministry, Maria Zakharova, told reporters on Thursday.
Southeast Asian Islamic State unit being formed in southern Philippines: officials
JAKARTA/MANILA (Reuters) – Southeast Asian militants who claim to be fighting for Islamic State in the Middle East have said they have chosen one of the most wanted men in the Philippines to head a regional faction of the ultra-radical group, security …
U.N. refugee chief urges Pakistanis not to label Afghan refugees ‘terrorists’
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee chief on Thursday urged Pakistanis not to blame Afghan refugees for terrorism in their country, amid growing public calls for their deportation and worsening relations between the two neighbors….
U.N. to clarify Syria talks outlook on June 29
GENEVA (Reuters) – The prospects for a new round of Syria peace talks should be clearer after the U.N. Security Council discusses the various options on June 29, U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday.
Electoral surge of far left likely to shake up Spanish politics
CORDOBA, Spain (Reuters) – The parched olive groves and tranquil towns of Spain’s southern Cordoba province are an unlikely backdrop for a political upset that could reverberate across Europe.
