EU refines UK offer, up to Cameron now to clinch deal
By Jan Strupczewski, Alastair Macdonald and Gabriela Baczynska
Russia boosts ties with Iraq in challenge to U.S. influence
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Russia is ready to sell civil airliners to Iraq and keep providing it with military aid to fight Islamic State, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday, accompanied on a trip to Baghdad by the biggest Russian delegatio…
Russia boosts ties with Iraq in challenge to U.S. influence
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Russia is ready to sell civil airliners to Iraq and keep providing it with military aid to fight Islamic State, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday, accompanied on a trip to Baghdad by the biggest Russian delegatio…
South Africa to procure nuclear energy at affordable scale: Zuma
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa will procure nuclear energy at an affordable pace and scale, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
Cypriot president says peace talks make progress but work needed
ATHENS (Reuters) – Peace talks in ethnically split Cyprus have shown progress on several fronts, but disagreements persist and work is still needed before a blueprint might be put to a public vote, the country’s president said on Thursday.
Central Europeans need to do more to help refugees, U.N. agency says
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The United Nations agency for refugees called on central European countries to overcome public opposition and give more help to refugees from war-torn regions.
Former Pakistan military leader Musharraf hospitalized with chest pain
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf was taken to a hospital in the port city of Karachi on Thursday after complaining of chest pain and having difficulty breathing, a spokesman for his political party said.
Myanmar’s outgoing president cancels visit to U.S.-ASEAN summit next week
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s outgoing President Thein Sein has at the last minute canceled plans to attend the U.S.-ASEAN summit in California next week, his office said late on Thursday, giving no reasons for the decision.
U.N. mission sends Burundi officers home over unrest
BANGUI (Reuters) – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic is repatriating three military officers on suspicion they committed human rights violations during political unrest in their home country, Burundi, an internal document showed…
Biden, Poroshenko discuss need for reforms in Ukraine: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko discussed the need for governance reforms in Ukraine during a phone call on Thursday, the White House said.
