Obama defends Iran nuclear deal as U.S. diplomacy over war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama defended the U.S.-led international nuclear deal with Iran on Wednesday against a furious lobbying effort by political opponents and Israel and said abandoning the agreement would open up the prospect of wa…
Obama warns of dangers to Israel if Iran deal blocked
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told U.S. Jewish leaders it was likely rockets would fall on Tel Aviv if a nuclear deal with Iran was blocked and military action ensued, one of them said on Wednesday.
Obama warns of dangers to Israel if Iran deal blocked
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told U.S. Jewish leaders it was likely rockets would fall on Tel Aviv if a nuclear deal with Iran was blocked and military action ensued, one of them said on Wednesday.
IS Egypt affiliate threatens to kill Croatian hostage in 48 hours
CAIRO (Reuters) – An online video purportedly from Islamic State’s Egypt affiliate showed a Croatian hostage working for a French company who said the group would kill him in 48 hours if Muslim women in Egyptian jails were not freed.
Diversion of aid ships in Yemen spreads fear of shortages
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) – Residents in the Yemeni capital Sanaa are stocking up on rare food and fuel supplies after the government in exile decided to divert aid ships from the Houthi rebel-held north to loyalist areas farther south.
South Sudan opposition figure blocked from traveling to peace talks
JUBA (Reuters) – A South Sudanese opposition leader who has been a leading critic of President Salva Kiir said on Wednesday he was barred from boarding a plane to attend peace talks in Ethiopia.
At least 10 killed by two car bombs in Baghdad: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed and 22 others wounded in two car bomb attacks on Wednesday that targeted predominately Shi’ite neighborhoods in Baghdad, police and medical sources said.
France to reimburse Russia in deal over undelivered warships
PARIS/MOSCOW (Reuters) – France is to reimburse Russia all advance payments made for the Mistral helicopter carrier warship contract suspended by the French government last year, Moscow and Paris announced in coordinated statements on Wednesday.
Prominent radical Islamist cleric dies in Egypt jail: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – A prominent radical Islamist cleric, who once called for the destruction of the pyramids, has died in prison in Egypt, security sources said on Wednesday.
Cameroon repatriating 12,000 Nigerian refugees
ABUJA (Reuters) – About 12,000 Nigerians are being repatriated over the next three to four days after seeking refuge in Cameroon from attacks by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Nigeria’s state emergency agency said on Wednesday.
