Kerry may meet with Colombia peace talks participants within days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he may be meeting with participants in the Colombia peace talks within the next few days “depending on how events flow.”
Syria govt. says Nusra Front allies fire mortars on capital, one dead
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian government said groups associated with al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front fired mortars onto residential areas of the capital on Thursday, killing at least one person, state television reported.
EU has 10 days to see progress on migrant crisis or Schengen unravels: EU commissioner
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union has 10 more days to see significantly lower inflows of migrants and refugees from Turkey “or else there is risk the whole system will completely break down”, EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Th…
Egypt’s Sisi under attack on social media after television speech
CAIRO (Reuters) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who once enjoyed widespread popular support, has come under withering criticism from Egyptians on social media after delivering a long televised speech on Wednesday.
Rival Labour could swing Brexit battle for UK PM Cameron
WOLVERHAMPTON (Reuters) – The British prime minister’s battle to keep his country in the European Union – and save his political future – may depend on the campaigning power of his fiercest rivals: the opposition Labour Party.
Malaysia blocks access to news portal for violating media law
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia blocked access to a widely read news portal on Thursday, the latest in a series of clampdowns on media organizations that have published reports critical of the government and Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Exclusive: Ally of Ukrainian president accused of meddling in prosecution
KIEV (Reuters) – An ally of Ukraine’s president has been accused by a former Ukrainian prosecutor of interfering in law enforcement.
Hamas not seeking a war with Israel, says top official
GAZA (Reuters) – A senior leader of the Islamist group Hamas said the Palestinian movement was not seeking a new war with Israel and insisted a network of tunnels it is digging, some of which have reached into Israel in the past, was “defensive”.
Somali president says 200 Kenyans killed in military camp attack
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – As many as 200 soldiers were killed in an attack on a Kenyan military camp in Somalia by al Shabaab Islamists last month, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told a television station, although Kenya rejected the figure.
Kurdish solidarity in Turkey’s restive southeast frustrates its Syria policy
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – In a public cemetery next to a military air base in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, flags of a Syrian Kurdish militia are draped over many of the tombstones.
