U.S. Secretary of State Kerry to meet with Iran foreign minister Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday in New York, a senior State Department official said on Sunday.
Fighting escalates across Yemen, air strikes on capital Sanaa
ADEN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Air raids, naval shelling and ground fighting shook Yemen on Sunday in some of the most widespread combat since a Saudi-led alliance intervened last month against Iranian-allied Houthi militia who have seized large tracts of the …
Yemeni foreign minister rejects peace talks call from ex-president
LONDON (Reuters) – Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yaseen on Sunday rejected a call for peace talks issued by former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and said a Saudi-led military campaign against Iran-allied Houthi fighters opposed to his government had no…
Ukraine’s ceasefire under pressure as one more serviceman killed
KIEV (Reuters) – A fragile ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists came under renewed pressure on Sunday with the Ukrainian military reporting a serviceman had been killed and seven others wounded in rebel attacks.
Israeli air strike kills four planting bomb at Syria frontier: source
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed four militants on Sunday as they placed an explosive on a fence near Israel’s frontier with Syria in the annexed Golan Heights, an Israeli military source said.
Eyeing Arab ties, Israel to observe nuclear pact meeting
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will take part as an observer in a major nuclear non-proliferation conference that opens at the United Nations on Monday, ending a 20-year absence in hope of fostering dialogue with Arab states, a senior Israeli official sa…
Kazakh leader sails to new term with ‘stability’ mantra
ASTANA (Reuters) – Nursultan Nazarbayev was heading for a virtually unchallenged victory in Kazakhstan’s presidential election on Sunday, offering economic and social stability at the cost of what rights groups call systematic stifling of dissent over …
German Chancellor, Greek PM agree to stay in touch to reach debt deal
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a phone conversation on Sunday to maintain contact during talks between Athens and its lenders to reach a debt deal, a Greek government official said.
Three suspects held in French investigation into failed church attack
PARIS (Reuters) – French police were holding three people for questioning on suspicion they may be accomplices of an Algerian man suspected of planning to attack at least one French church, several French media said on Sunday.
Syrian jets pound insurgent-held town: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian jets killed at least 34 people in air strikes on the town of Jisr al-Shughour in northwestern Syria on Sunday, a group monitoring the war said, one day after it was seized by Islamist fighters closing in on government-held ter…
