Ministers urge EU to go ahead with labeling Jewish settlement goods
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Sixteen European Union foreign ministers have urged EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to press ahead with EU-wide rules requiring goods made in Jewish settlements to be labeled as such, diplomats said on Thursday.
U.S. woman shot and wounded in Pakistan by men claiming to be militants
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Men claiming to be Islamic militants shot and wounded an American woman in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Thursday, leaving leaflets in her car naming her and saying they had targeted her because she was American, polic…
EU’s Schulz told Turkey he understood reaction to genocide vote: sources
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – European Parliament President Martin Schulz told Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday he “understands” Ankara’s reaction to a vote calling the 1915 mass killing of Armenians a genocide, sources in the prime minister’s…
West Africa seeks $5-6 billion aid, debts canceled: Sierra Leone’s Koroma
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Ebola-stricken nations of West Africa are asking international donors to cancel their debts and give them $5-6 billion over two years to rebuild their economies, devastated by the deadly disease, Sierra Leo…
Sister says imprisoned U.S-Egyptian just an ‘idealistic guy’
CAIRO (Reuters) – From her home in Washington DC, Hanaa Soltan said she felt an overwhelming sense of grief when an Egyptian court condemned her father to death and her U.S-Egyptian brother to life in jail for involvement in the outlawed Muslim Brother…
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 sends Greek islanders rushing into street
ATHENS (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck around 50 km (30 miles) off the eastern tip of the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Russian opposition office raided as Putin talks to nation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian security services raided the Moscow office of the opposition Open Russia group on Thursday, activists said, just as President Vladimir Putin held his annual televised phone-in.
U.S., allies focus on Iraq in latest air strikes on Islamic State: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged 20 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq in a period from Wednesday to Thursday morning, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement.
Putin says S-300 sale to Iran prompted by progress in nuclear talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Iran’s drive to find a solution in talks over its disputed nuclear program had spurred his decision to renew a contract to deliver S-300 missile defense systems to Tehran.
No breakthrough between Iran and U.N. nuclear watchdog
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it had a “constructive exchange” with Iran this week but there was no sign of a breakthrough on aspects of its nuclear program that the agency says Tehran has failed to fully address.
