Kremlin talks on Ukraine yield little but agreement to keep talking
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of France and Germany flew out of Moscow in the dead of night after five hours of talks with Vladimir Putin on Friday, with little to announce to end fighting in Ukraine beyond a promise to keep talkin…
Merkel, Hollande end Moscow talks without word of peace deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany and France ended more than five hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday without announcing any agreement to end fighting in east Ukraine.
U.S.-led strikes kill 30 Islamic State fighters in Syria: monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 30 Islamic State fighters were killed on Friday in U.S.-led coalition air strikes around the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
U.N. sets sights on Syria antiquities, Islamic State oil, ransoms
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council appears set to ban all trade in antiquities from war-torn Syria, threaten sanctions on anyone buying oil from Islamic State and al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front militants and condemn paying kidn…
Kerry meets Iran minister in Munich on nuclear talks
MUNICH (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for more than an hour on Friday to discuss developments in nuclear negotiations between Tehran and major world powers, which have been at an impasse…
UK concerned over ‘threatening’ Russian nuclear strategy
MUNICH (Reuters) – Britain’s defense minister voiced concern on Friday that Russia may have “lowered the threshold” for using nuclear weapons and said Britain must update its own deterrent in response to Russian modernization of its nuclear forces.
Four killed in Bangladesh fire bomb attack on bus
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least four people, including a child, were burned alive in northern Bangladesh when opposition activists hurled petrol bombs at a packed bus on Friday night in the latest spasm of worsening political violence.
Hungarian oligarch turns on his former ally PM Orban
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose ruling party faces growing discontent in its ranks, suffered a serious setback on Friday when a longtime friend and leading oligarch publicly turned against him.
Top court says Canadians have right to die, strikes down ban
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Supreme Court of Canada overturned a ban on physician-assisted suicide on Friday, unanimously reversing a decision it made in 1993 and putting Canada in the company of a handful of Western countries to make it legal.
U.S. warns Macedonia not to muzzle media in ‘coup’ scandal
SKOPJE (Reuters) – The United States cautioned Macedonia on Friday against silencing the media in a growing scandal over coup charges against the government’s chief opponent.
