Syrian opposition awaits U.N. response before decision to attend talks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s opposition adjourned a meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday without deciding whether to attend peace talks in Geneva planned for Friday, saying it was waiting for a U.N. response to its demands.
Italy Senate rejects first of two no-confidence votes against Renzi
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday defeated the first of two no-confidence motions brought by the opposition in parliament which accused the government of having a conflict of interest during the rescue of four small bank…
Frustrated with Germany’s asylum red tape, some Iraqis return home
BERLIN (Reuters) – The first thing that Leith Khdeir Abbas, a 27-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker who arrived in Germany four months ago, plans to do after he makes the return journey on Wednesday is to kneel down and kiss the soil that he calls home.
Germany tells Russia: don’t meddle in sex crime probe
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany warned Russia on Wednesday not to make propaganda out of the alleged rape of a German-Russian girl here after Moscow’s foreign minister accused Berlin authorities of “sweeping problems under the rug”.
After attack, president says Kenya to remain in Somalia peace force
ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) – President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Wednesday Kenya was committed to remaining part of an African Union-led peacekeeping force in Somalia, after al Shabaab militants said they killed more than 100 soldiers in an attack on an arm…
Hope but also frustration for Iranians after sanctions lifted
ANKARA (Reuters) – The lifting of sanctions on Iran has given Mohammad Sadeghzadeh hope of saving his struggling textile factory — as long as the impact of the changes is felt quickly.
Four Egyptian soldiers killed, 12 injured in Sinai explosion
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – At least four Egyptian army soldiers were killed and 12 injured in the Sinai Peninsula after an armored personnel carrier exploded on the outskirts of the city of Arish, security and medical sources said on Wednesday.
At least 12 killed in suicide blasts in north Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – At least 12 people were killed on Wednesday when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok where Boko Haram militants abducted more than 200 girls almost two years a…
International court to investigate 2008 Georgia-Russia war
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – International Criminal Court judges ordered an investigation of alleged crimes committed during the 2008 Georgian-Russian over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia – the court’s first investigation outside Africa.
Lithuania opens trial of ex-Soviet military officers over 1991 killings
VILNIUS (Reuters) – A trial opened in Lithuania on Wednesday against dozens of former Soviet military officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in a 1991 crackdown against the Baltic state’s pro-independence movement.
