Israeli election chief puts curbs on Netanyahu speech to Congress
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The head of Israel’s election commission acted on Monday to limit any pre-election boost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may get from a March 3 speech to the U.S. Congress, in which he will warn of the threat from Iran’s nuclear…
Violence against women is Turkey’s “bleeding wound” – Erdogan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s president on Monday described violence against women as the “bleeding wound” of the country after a woman was stabbed and beaten to death after trying to fight off a man trying to rape her.
French Socialists condemn ex-minister’s Jewish remark
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s ruling Socialists rushed to condemn an aging former minister from among their ranks on Monday after he suggested Prime Minister Manuel Valls was probably acting under Jewish “influence”.
Egypt signs 5.2 billion-euro deal for French jets, ships and missiles
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt signed a 5.2 billion-euro deal to buy French weaponry on Monday, Egyptian media said, in a move Cairo hopes will boost its military power as fears grow of conflict in neighboring Libya spilling over its border.
Mali peace talks resume in Algiers, no end to hostilities
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Mali’s government and Tuareg-led rebels resumed U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Algeria on Monday in pursuit of an accord to end uprisings by separatists seeking more self-rule for the northern region they call Azawad.
Syrian insurgent group says it will not meet ‘biased’ U.N. envoy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian insurgent group on Monday criticized as “biased” a United Nations envoy seeking a ceasefire between government forces and armed groups in Aleppo and said it would not meet him.
Mixed opinion polls highlight uncertainty before British election
LONDON (Reuters) – Support for British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives is at its highest level in over two years, one opinion poll showed on Monday, but two others put the opposition Labour Party ahead less than three months before a natio…
Somalia’s Islamist rebels kill four airport workers in capital
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Islamist gunmen killed four airport workers in a drive-by shooting in the center of Mogadishu on Monday, the police and rebels said, showing the rebels can still carry out attacks in the capital even as they lose territory in the co…
Armenia withdraws peace accords with Turkey from parliament
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan said on Monday he withdrew from parliament landmark peace accords with Turkey, setting further back U.S.-backed efforts to bury a century of hostility between the neighbors.
Iraq’s KRG PM threatens to withhold oil exports without budget share
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government may withhold crude oil exports if Baghdad does not send its share of the budget, Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said on Monday following talks aimed at resolving the dis…
