Yemen peace talks struggle amid intensifying clashes
DUBAI (Reuters) – U.N.-sponsored Yemen peace talks are struggling amid disputes over releasing prisoners, sources close to the talks said on Thursday, as local officials reported intensifying clashes and fresh air strikes despite a ceasefire.
Venezuelan first lady’s nephews plead not guilty to U.S. drug charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s powerful first lady pleaded not guilty on Thursday to U.S. charges that they conspired to import cocaine into the United States.
‘No fingerprints!’ chant migrants in Italy as EU cracks down
ROME (Reuters) – Some 200 mostly Eritrean migrants protested against asylum rules on the island of Lampedusa on Thursday as the European Union steps up pressure on frontline countries to enforce the regulations.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says Saudi-led anti-IS coalition is suspicious
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah said on Thursday that a Saudi-led 34-nation anti-Islamic State coalition was suspicious, and questioned Saudi Arabia’s competence to lead it.
U.N. rights chief blames Burundi leaders for mounting violence
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights accused Burundi’s authorities on Thursday of dragging the country toward full-blown civil war and called for travel bans and asset freezes targeting key officials to try to halt the bloodsh…
Obama says U.S., Cuba continue to have differences
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday said the United States and Cuba continue to have differences, but that normalizing diplomatic relations between the two countries has promoted the free flow of information in Cuba.
Berlusconi’s party pushed to political sidelines in Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s ability to influence Italian politics has taken a beating with his party sidelined in a vote to elect new judges and also forced to lay off all its staff as funds dry up.
U.S. Republican Carson cancels Africa trip, citing security concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson canceled a trip planned for later this month to Africa that would have taken him to Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia due to what his campaign on Thursday called significant security conc…
At least nine escape kidnappers in Iraq, cross into Kuwait: police, media
DOHA (Reuters) – At least nine people who were part of a hunting group kidnapped in southern Iraq managed to escape and have now crossed into Kuwait, police and media said on Thursday.
UK review says Muslim Brotherhood membership a possible indicator of extremism
LONDON/CAIRO (Reuters) – A British government review into Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood published on Thursday concluded that membership of or links to the political group should be considered a possible indicator of extremism but stopped short of…
