Indian foreign minister says high level talks with Pakistan to resume
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – India will resume high-level talks with rival Pakistan, the Indian foreign minister said on Wednesday, raising hopes that relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors may be thawing slightly.
China to grant residence rights to 13 million unregistered citizens
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will give household registration permits to its unregistered citizens, the government said on Wednesday, opening access to basic rights such as schooling and healthcare for about 13 million people.
Syrians leave rebel-held Homs area in truce deal
HOMS, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Busloads of Syrians including rebel fighters left the last insurgent-held area of Homs on Wednesday under a rare local truce in Syria’s nearly five-year conflict that will shore up government control over the city.
Putin says Russia should restart coal supplies to Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia should restart supplying its coal to Ukraine after Kiev resumed electricity supplies to Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Bomb in southeast Iran kills policeman, three others: Iran media
ANKARA (Reuters) – A bomb blast killed one policeman and three civilians on Wednesday in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan near the Pakistan border, a local police official told the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Europe talks tough on migrant strategies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany and France have proposed giving an EU border force the power — in theory at least — to patrol Greece’s frontiers uninvited by Athens in the latest sign of hardening attitudes towards solving Europe’s migration crisis.
Risk of ‘Brexit’ deals further blow to EU defense hopes
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – On the same day that Europe’s defense ministers rallied behind France’s call for military help following the Islamist attacks in Paris, Britain refused to back a tiny increase of 3 million euros ($3.29 million) in the EU’s collecti…
Lebanon speaker urges understanding over presidency
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament speaker called for an understanding between two Christian politicians over the presidency that has been vacant for 18 months, saying continued political deadlock was only serving terrorism.
China outcry over laboratory dogs shows changing attitudes to animals
BEIJING (Reuters) – Public outrage in China over photographs of laboratory dogs lying muzzled and abandoned on the roof of a medical school building spotlights changing attitudes to animal rights, animal welfare groups say.
Kerry says to go to Moscow next week for Syria, Ukraine talks
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday he would travel to Moscow next week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and a political settlement in Syria.
