Khodorkovsky says Putin is leading Russia towards stagnation, collapse
LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin will survive Western sanctions and lower oil prices but the Kremlin chief has brought such stagnation that Russia could eventually collapse, former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Thursday.
Senior El Salvador priest fired over alleged sex with minor
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Roman Catholic Church said on Thursday it had fired a senior priest and former secretary of murdered Archbishop Oscar Romero after allegations that he had sex with a minor.
Mali says arrests two suspects linked to Bamako hotel attack
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali authorities arrested two people on Thursday suspected of links to an attack on a luxury hotel in the capital that killed 20 people, the security ministry said.
Britain’s Cameron says time to bomb militants in Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday it was time to join air strikes against Islamic State in Syria because Britain cannot “subcontract its security to other countries”.
Power blackouts test loyalty to Kremlin in Russian-annexed Crimea
SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Power blackouts in Crimea orchestrated by anti-Russian saboteurs are stirring discontent a year and a half after Moscow seized the peninsula from Ukraine, threatening to chip away at the pro-Kremlin euphoria many Crimeans…
Report on whether Iran sought nuclear bomb will not be clear cut: U.N
VIENNA (Reuters) – A U.N. report on whether Iran has in the past carried out work related to nuclear weapons will not reach a definitive conclusion on the subject, the chief of the U.N. nuclear agency said on Thursday.
Canada giving C$100 million to help address Syria refugee crisis
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will give an extra C$100 million ($75 million) to the United Nations’ refugee agency to help it deal with the Syrian crisis, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said on Thursday.
Stranded migrants try to storm into Macedonia, tear down fence
IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – Hundreds of Moroccans, Algerians and Pakistanis tried to storm the border between Greece and Macedonia on Thursday, tearing down part of the barbed wire fence at the crossing and demanding to be allowed to carry on into nort…
Kenya says ready to leave global court over case against VP
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Kenya said on Thursday it was ready to quit the International Criminal Court if it did not get assurances about the handling of the trial of its vice president, hardening a rift between African powers and the tribunal.
More war, diplomacy not seen breaking Syria stalemate
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syria war is escalating in tandem with intensified diplomacy, but neither growing foreign military intervention nor a revived political track look capable of bringing an end to the 4-1/2-year-old conflict.
