Palestinians urge U.N. members to support flag-flying initiative
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Palestinian observer mission to the United Nations on Wednesday appealed to the world body’s 193 member states to support its call to be allowed to fly its flag at U.N. headquarters as a “non-member observer state.”
White House says Obama, Saudi’s Salman will discuss energy market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will discuss the global energy market with Saudi’s King Salman when the two leaders meet at the White House on Friday, Obama’s deputy national security advisor, Ben Rhodes, said on Wednesday.
Mali river boat accident kills at least 18
BAMAKO (Reuters) – At least 18 people died when a pirogue carrying passengers on the River Niger in central Mali capsized on Wednesday, said a spokesman for the country’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
Guatemalan President Perez will not flee over graft scandal: lawyer
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan leader Otto Perez, who is fighting to save his presidency after becoming engulfed in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and sparked widespread protests, will not flee the country, his lawyer said on We…
Russia delays start of U.N. probe of Syria gas attacks: envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia is delaying the launch of an international investigation aimed at assigning blame for chemical weapon attacks in Syria, U.N. Security Council diplomats said on Wednesday, though Moscow’s U.N. envoy said the holdup was …
White House: No threat detected from China navy ships in Bering Sea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon has not detected any threatening activity from the Chinese navy vessels in the Bering Sea, the White House said on Wednesday.
Eighteen Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad, firm says
BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) – Gunmen in military uniform seized 18 Turkish workers from a sports stadium they were building in northeastern Baghdad on Wednesday, their company said, in what Ankara said appeared to have been a targeted kidnapping of its co…
Catalonia faces wall of Spanish incomprehension, regional government says
MADRID (Reuters) – A Catalan regional election this month, which the pro-independence government has billed as a proxy on independence from Spain, is a last resort because of the indifference to Catalan demands shown by Madrid, the head of the regional…
Crackdown fuels migration crisis within Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) – Papa Demba Sow left Senegal two years ago hoping to make a better life in the oil-rich central African country of Gabon but in July he was arrested by police, thrown in jail for a month and deported along with hundreds of other Africa…
Islamic State claims bomb attack on Yemeni mosque, 28 reported dead
SANAA (Reuters) – Islamic State’s Yemen branch claimed responsibility for two bombings at a mosque in a northern district of the capital Sanaa that media run by the Houthi militia said killed at least 28 people and wounded 75 on Wednesday.
