India-Pakistan peace talks collapse hours before start
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Peace talks between India and Pakistan collapsed on Saturday hours before they were scheduled to start, as the nuclear-armed rivals were unable to overcome deep-rooted mutual mistrust.
Regional military chiefs finalize plans for Boko Haram force
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Military chiefs from the Lake Chad region have finalised details of the deployment of a joint force to fight Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, designating three command posts in Nigeria and Cameroon, military sources said on Sat…
IRA still exists but with ‘radically different’ purpose: police chief
BELFAST (Reuters) – Some organizational structure of the Irish Republican Army still exists a decade after its public disbandment but there is no evidence it was involved in two recent murders, the head of Northern Ireland’s police force said on Saturd…
Venezuela border closing hurts innocent people: Colombian president
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Venezuela’s closure of two border crossings with Colombia hurts innocent people, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday, adding that he hoped to speak to his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro to find a solution….
U.S.-led coalition stages 27 air strikes on Islamic State: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its coalition partners targeted Islamic State in 27 air strikes in Friday’s round of daily attacks on the militant group in Iraq and Syria, the Command Joint Task Force said in a statement on Saturday.
Pakistan says peace talks with India cannot be held
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Peace talks between India and Pakistan collapsed on Saturday, hours before they were scheduled to start, with Pakistan saying the talks will not serve any purpose.
Greek opposition leaders weigh coalition despite crises, poll pressure
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek opposition politicians embarked on Saturday on the laborious and apparently futile exercise of trying to form a new government, oblivious to pressure for rapid elections so the nation can start tackling an array of crises.
Seven killed as jet crashes into cars at UK airshow
LONDON (Reuters) – A jet aircraft plowed into several cars on a road near an airshow in southern England on Saturday, killing seven people, police said.
Spain’s Rajoy under pressure to row back on healthcare cuts
MADRID (Reuters) – Several Spanish regions have begun to reinstate free primary healthcare for illegal immigrants, piling pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to extend the aid his government had cut back on across the country as a national electio…
Explosion at chemical plant in eastern China, nine injured: state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – An explosion hit a chemical plant on Saturday night in eastern China, the official Xinhua state news agency said, citing local authorities.
