Air strikes kill at least 80 in deadliest bombings of Yemen war
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 80 people near Yemen’s border with Saudi Arabia and in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, residents said, the deadliest day of bombing in over two months of war in Yemen.
France warns Iran over nuclear deal as deadline nears
ANKARA/PARIS (Reuters) – France warned on Wednesday it was ready to block a final deal between Iran and the six major powers on Iran’s nuclear program unless Tehran provided inspectors access to all installations, including military sites.
Exclusive: Russia masses heavy firepower on border with Ukraine – witness
KHUTOR CHKALOVA, Russia (Reuters) – Russia’s army is massing troops and hundreds of pieces of weaponry including mobile rocket launchers, tanks and artillery at a makeshift base near the border with Ukraine, a Reuters reporter saw this week.
Blair to leave Middle East envoy post after years of struggling diplomacy
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Former British prime minister Tony Blair is standing down as the Quartet representative in the Middle East, the organization said on Wednesday, after eight years struggling to break ground in peacemaking between Israel and the Pal…
Saudi designates two Hezbollah officials as terrorists
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has designated two senior officials of the Lebanese Hezbollah group as terrorists, accusing them of involvement in spreading “chaos and instability”, state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday.
Ukraine must keep up fight against corruption: Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s government needs to investigate and prosecute corruption at all levels and implement difficult political reforms to retain the support of the United States, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.
Nepal recovers more human remains from U.S. chopper crash site
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal has found more human remains at the site where a U.S. military helicopter crashed during a mission to aid victims of the country’s earthquake, the army said on Wednesday.
Germany’s Angela Merkel again tops Forbes most powerful women list
NEW YORK (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women for the fifth consecutive year, edging past U.S. presidential candidate Hilary Clinton, who came in second in the 2015 annual ranking.
Peru lawmakers reject bill to allow pregnant rape victims an abortion
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Peruvian rape victims who have become pregnant have no legal option but to keep an unwanted pregnancy after Congress voted against a bill to legalize abortion in such cases, an issue that has divided ordinary Peruv…
Emboldened in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State may be reaching limits of expansion
LONDON (Reuters) – With its two biggest victories in nearly a year in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State has energized its fighters, littered the streets of two cities with the bodies of its enemies and forced Washington to re-examine its strategy.
