Georgia mustn’t use justice system to settle scores: Europe rights body
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian authorities should not use the justice system to settle political scores with the former government of Mikheil Saakashvili, a European rights body said on Friday.
Iran has stopped questionable nuclear centrifuge testing: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has refrained from expanding tests of more efficient models of a machine used to refine uranium under a nuclear agreement with six world powers, a U.N. report shows, allaying concerns it might be violating the accord.
Iran nuclear talks to continue in Geneva on Feb 22: EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Representatives of Iran, Britain, the United States, Russia, China, France and Germany will hold talks in Geneva on Feb. 22 to seek a solution to Iran’s nuclear program, the European Union’s External Action Service (EEAS) said in a…
Options narrow for Ukraine’s Poroshenko after Debaltseve defeat
KIEV (Reuters) – The loss of the key town of Debaltseve to Russian-backed separatists, the latest in a string of big battlefield defeats for Ukraine, narrows the options for President Poroshenko in his dealings both with Moscow and with the West.
Bomb threat grounds Swiss aircraft in Zurich: airport
ZURICH (Reuters) – A bomb threat was made on Friday against an aircraft operated by Lufthansa’s Swiss at Zurich airport, a spokesman for the airport said.
Afghans arrested Chinese Uighurs to aid Taliban talks bid: officials
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan arrested and handed over several Muslim Uighur militants from China’s west in an effort to persuade China to use its influence with Pakistan to help start negotiations with the Taliban, Afghan security officials said on Fr…
Austria tells Kosovars not to waste time seeking asylum
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Austria published a full-page appeal in Kosovo’s biggest daily newspaper on Friday telling Kosovars they were wasting their time and money trying to win asylum in the EU, responding to a sudden surge in migration from the impoveris…
EU renews sanctions on Zimbabwe, Mugabe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union renewed for another year its sanctions against Zimbabwe, including a travel ban and asset freeze on President Robert Mugabe and his wife, according to a notice on Friday in the EU’s Official Journal.
Fighting persists in east Ukraine despite ceasefire
KIEV/VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting persisted in east Ukraine on Friday despite new European efforts to ensure a ceasefire takes hold.
Homes destroyed as twin cyclones slam into northern Australia
ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (Reuters) – A powerful cyclone slammed into northeast Australia on Friday, destroying homes, upending trees, cutting power lines and causing flash floods, while a second storm severed communications to a northern island where hea…
