U.S. official says use of chemical weapons is routine in Syria
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war is becoming routine, a U.S. official said in The Hague on Monday, calling on members of the global chemical weapons body to collectively condemn their use.
Exclusive: Kurdish rebel leader says Turkish intransigence harms fight against Islamic State
QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq (Reuters) – Unperturbed by the Turkish fighter jets flying over the mountain where he sat, a top Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader said the conflict between his group and Ankara was undermining efforts to counter Islamic State…
Iraq closes northern airspace over missiles launched at Syria
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq closed its northern airspace to commercial flights on Monday for at least two days due to military traffic from Russia’s air campaign in neighboring Syria, a spokesman for Erbil International Airport said.
Hopes fade for 100 miners missing after landslide near Myanmar jade mine
YANGON (Reuters) – Hopes faded on Monday that any of an estimated 100 people missing would be found alive after a landslide in northern Myanmar buried an encampment near a jade mine, and officials said it was still unclear how many people were living i…
Russia formally eases ban on nuclear technology exports to Iran
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has eased an export ban on nuclear equipment and technology to Iran, a Kremlin decree published on Monday showed, after Tehran struck a deal with world powers on its nuclear program in July.
Ukraine will respond in kind to any Russian trade bans: PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Monday Ukraine would respond in kind to any trade bans by Russia, which plans to introduce a ban on Ukrainian food imports over Kiev’s participation in Western sanctions.
Ukraine’s Poroshenko suggests suspending cargo transport with Crimea
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday he had proposed the government discuss suspending cargo with Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russian from Ukraine last year.
Tense Christian-Muslim relations provide backdrop to Pope’s Africa trip
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis’ first Africa trip will highlight the problems of building dialogue between Christianity and Islam as both religions grow fast on the continent, threatening to widen an already volatile fault line there between the…
EU migration chief in Pakistan after rejection of deportee deal
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The European Union official in charge of migration was in Pakistan on Monday for talks after the country last week suspended a deal to accept deportations from mainland Europe.
Climate change root cause of Syrian war: Britain’s Prince Charles
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles has pointed to the world’s failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe.
