Fighting rages in east Ukraine despite bid to revive truce
ARTEMIVSK/VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday despite European efforts to resurrect a stillborn ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists spurned the truce by forcing thousands of government troops out of …
White House denies U.S. scheduled to meet with Taliban on peace deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House denied reports that U.S. officials planned to meet with the Taliban on Thursday, a spokeswoman said.
French government survives no-confidence vote
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Socialist government survived a parliament no-confidence vote called by opposition conservatives on Thursday after it resorted to a controversial decree to bypass broad opposition to a flagship economic reform bill.
Syria sees its foreign foes as key to Aleppo truce
DAMASCUS – The Syrian government said on Thursday the success of a U.N. bid to freeze fighting in Aleppo hinged on whether foreign states that back the insurgents can get them to comply, and that no time frame had been set for the proposed ceasefire.
Dubai airline Emirates rejects Delta apology over 9/11 comments
DUBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – An increasingly bitter trade row between U.S. and Gulf airlines deepened on Thursday when Dubai’s Emirates rejected a Delta Air Lines apology for remarks perceived as linking Gulf carriers with the Sept. 11 attacks on the Uni…
Putin a threat to Baltic states, Western officials say
LONDON (Reuters) – Senior Western officials accused Russia on Thursday of redrawing the map of Europe by force and posing a threat to the Baltic states.
‘They picked on me because of my skin color’: Paris victim
PARIS (Reuters) – The victim of a racist incident involving Chelsea soccer fans in the Paris metro did not know the incident had been filmed and widely broadcast and will now lodge an official complaint with police, he told French daily Le Parisien.
Venezuelan supermarket owner fights state takeover
CARACAS (Reuters) – The U.S.-based owner of a supermarket chain taken over by Venezuela’s socialist government hopes to recover his business despite accusations of hoarding goods to inflate shopping lines.
British teenager found guilty over soldier ‘beheading’ plot
LONDON (Reuters) – A British teenager was found guilty on Thursday of plotting to behead a soldier in London after being influenced by the murder of an Afghan war veteran who was hacked to death by two Islamists in the capital a year earlier.
Georgia condemns Russia, South Ossetia deal as step toward annexation
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia condemned on Thursday the signing of a border agreement between its breakaway region of South Ossetia and Russia, accusing Moscow of moving closer to annexing a territory it supported in a five-day conflict in 2008.
