New round of Iran nuclear talks this week: EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A new round of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers will begin this week after a meeting starting on Wednesday in Vienna between Iranian negotiators and a senior EU official, the European Commission said on Tuesday.
Kerry says spoke with Pakistani leader on India tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry said he expressed his concerns to Pakistan’s prime minister on Tuesday about the recent increase in public tensions between his country and nuclear- armed rival India.
Three kidnapped Tunisian diplomats freed in Libya
TUNIS (Reuters) – Three of 10 Tunisian consular staff kidnapped in Libya last week have been freed and negotiations over the other hostages are continuing, a Libyan official and a Tunisian source said on Tuesday.
France, Italy, Germany act to defuse spat over allocation of migrants
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – France, Italy and Germany agreed on Tuesday to join forces to identify migrants arriving by sea and to swiftly relocate them across the European Union or send them back to their home countries if their claims for asylum in Europe…
China’s South China Sea plans will not ease tensions – U.S. State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is aware that China intends to complete some reclamation work in the South China Sea in coming days, but U.S. officials are concerned about its plans for further construction work, including for military defense…
Israel says prepared for possible Syrian refugee throngs on Golan
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel signaled readiness on Tuesday to intervene if Syrian refugees were to throng to its armistice line on the Golan Heights, after Israel’s Druze Arab minority stepped up a public campaign to help brethren caught up in the civi…
Two soldiers killed in separatist east as fighting spreads: Ukraine military
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and five wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours as fighting extended along a large stretch of the frontline, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday.
In UK, two husbands urge return of nine children they fear are Syria-bound
LONDON (Reuters) – Two men in Britain appealed for the return of their wives and nine children on Tuesday, saying they feared they were traveling with another woman to Syria, where Islamic State militants have seized swaths of territory.
Venezuela chides Procter & Gamble over sanitary pad prices
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government has criticized U.S.-based Procter & Gamble for charging “criminal” prices for sanitary towels selling for a fifth of the monthly minimum wage.
Turkey sees signs of ‘ethnic cleansing’ by Kurdish fighters in Syria
ISTANBUL/AKCAKALE (Reuters) – Turkey accused Kurdish militia in northern Syria on Tuesday of driving out civilians in areas it occupies and said it saw signs of “a kind of ethnic cleansing”.
