Irish election hopefuls spar over century-old uprising
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s political system emerged from the rubble of the anti-British 1916 Easter Rising, and the parties contesting this month’s election in its centenary year are battling to claim the legacy of the rebellion.
Saudia airlines says bomb threat on Madrid-Riyadh flight is a hoax
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), said a bomb scare that grounded its Riyadh-bound flight from Madrid on Thursday was a false alarm.
Khamenei’s top aide says Tehran, Moscow ink $40 billion in projects: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Iran and Russia have initialed contracts worth around $40 billion, including for power-engineering and railway projects, Russian news agencies quoted Ali Akbar Velayati, top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as…
Red Cross delivers food, medicine to besieged Syrian town
GENEVA (Reuters) – Red Cross said on Thursday it had delivered food for more than 12,000 people to the besieged Syrian town of Mouadamiya near Damascus, enough for only three weeks and that regular access was needed.
Polish president’s jet ‘disintegrated’ mid-air in 2010: minister
WARSAW (Reuters) – The Polish government’s jet which crashed in 2010 in western Russia, killing the president along with a large number of high-ranking officials had “disintegrated” mid-air, Polish defense minister said on Thursday.
General alarm raised in Madrid airport after threat on Saudi flight: Aena Twitter
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish airport operator Aena said on its Twitter account on Thursday that a general alarm had been raised at the international airport Barajas in Madrid after an undefined threat on a flight bound for Riyahd, Saudi Arabia.
Iranian to strengthen missile program: commander-in-chief
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran will continue to develop its missile program and it should not be considered a threat to neighboring and friendly countries, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted the head of the army as saying on Thursday.
Afghanistan’s Abdullah expects talks with Taliban in months
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Afghanistan expects to restart peace talks with the Taliban within six months, chief executive Abdullah Abdullah said on Thursday, pinning hopes on factions within the Islamist militant group he said might be ready to give up viol…
Churches offer sanctuary as U.N. criticises Australian asylum policy
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian court ruling paving the way for the deportation of over 250 asylum seekers to an offshore immigration camp drew criticism from The United Nations and sparked protests on Thursday, while church leaders publicly offered t…
Russian military trainer was killed in Syria’s Homs: newspaper
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian military adviser died in a hospital in Syria on Feb. 1 after sustaining serious wounds in a shelling of a Syrian army training center in the province of Homs, Russia’s Novaya Gazeta wrote on Thursday, citing Russia’s Defenc…
