Russia formally eases ban on nuclear technology exports to Iran
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has eased an export ban on nuclear equipment and technology to Iran, a Kremlin decree published on Monday showed, after Tehran struck a deal with world powers on its nuclear program in July.
Ukraine will respond in kind to any Russian trade bans: PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday Ukraine would respond in kind to any trade bans by Russia, which plans to introduce a ban on Ukrainian food imports over Kiev’s participation in Western sanctions.
Ukraine’s Poroshenko suggests suspending cargo transport with Crimea
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday he had proposed the government discuss suspending cargo with Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russian from Ukraine last year.
Tense Christian-Muslim relations provide backdrop to Pope’s Africa trip
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis’ first Africa trip will highlight the problems of building dialogue between Christianity and Islam as both religions grow fast on the continent, threatening to widen an already volatile fault line there between the…
EU migration chief in Pakistan after rejection of deportee deal
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The European Union official in charge of migration was in Pakistan on Monday for talks after the country last week suspended a deal to accept deportations from mainland Europe.
Climate change root cause of Syrian war: Britain’s Prince Charles
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles has pointed to the world’s failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe.
EU to take some migrant costs out of budget deficit calculations: Austrian finmin
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling said on Monday he expected the country’s 2016 budget to meet European Commission’s criteria on deficits as some of costs for dealing with migrants would be taken out of the calculations…
China forces used flamethrower to hunt Xinjiang ‘terrorists’: army newspaper
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese forces used a flamethrower to force more than 10 “terrorists” from a cave in the western Xinjiang region, the military’s top newspaper said on Monday, in a graphic account of the hunt for what Beijing called foreign-led extr…
Syrian army captures towns after Russian strikes: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and allied militias, backed by Russian bombardments, took control of two towns in western Syria after heavy battles with Islamic State fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Monday….
Turkey seeks U.N. Security Council meeting over Turkmens in Syria: sources
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Turkmens in neighboring Syria, sources in the prime minister’s office said, days after Ankara summoned the Russian ambassador in protest over “intensive” b…
