Saudi-Iran dispute jeopardizes Yemen peace talks
DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) – Worsening enmity between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran is jeopardizing peace prospects in Yemen where a nine-month-old war has given Islamist militants a foothold in Riyadh’s backyard.
Wall Street weighs into Britain’s EU vote: Goldman, JPMorgan back ‘in’ campaign
LONDON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are making large donations to the campaign to keep Britain inside the European Union, sources said, highlighting the concern among some of the world’s biggest banks over the impact of a British exit.
Gang warfare in El Salvador pushes death rate to record
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – William Hernandez, tired and aching, had just finished a 24-hour shift as a coroner examining more than a dozen corpses in the capital of El Salvador, victims of gang warfare that has made the Central American country one of th…
From Dakar to N’Djamena, hotels boost security after Burkina attack
DAKAR (Reuters) – West African hotels from Dakar to N’Djamena are strengthening security, adding armed guards and increasing cooperation with local authorities as a pair of high-profile attacks have exposed a growing Islamist threat to foreign traveler…
Dreadlocks and poets herald new face of Spanish parliament
MADRID (Reuters) – When Alberto Rodriguez of Podemos turned up for the new Spanish parliament’s first session in the grand chamber in Madrid, his dreadlocks, jeans and scruffy jumper drew a look of disapproval from the staid prime minister, Mariano Raj…
Ukraine investigates Coca-Cola and Pepsico over Crimea map row: MP
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the online publication by U.S. drinks companies Coca-Cola and Pepsico of a map that showed Crimea as a part of Russia, a Ukrainian lawmaker said on Thursday.
Taliban warns TV station staff not to promote immorality after attack
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban warned media organizations on Thursday not to promote immorality and foreign cultures a day after claiming responsibility for killing seven journalists for the country’s most-watched television channel. The suicide car bom…
Turkish PM says no role for ‘terrorist groups’ in Syria talks
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu accused Russia on Thursday of jeopardizing peace talks on Syria planned for next week by insisting on the inclusion of “terrorist groups” such as the Kurdish YPG militia on the oppos…
Some 200,000 at risk in Turkey’s fight against Kurdish militants: Amnesty
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Security operations in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast have put up to 200,000 people at risk, placing them in the crossfire or cutting them off from emergency and basic services such as water, rights group Amnesty International s…
Denmark considers moving migrants to camps outside cities
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark is considering moving migrants into camps outside its towns and cities, a tactic that the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party (DF) hopes will shift the focus of government immigration policy to repatriation rather than…
