Greek leftists Syriza keep poll lead ahead of election
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftwing Syriza party kept its steady lead in the last opinion polls to be issued ahead of Sunday’s general election, with questions remaining over whether it will be able to govern alone or need the support of a coalition p…
U.S., allies conduct air strikes in Syria and Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its coalition partners have launched another round of air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, conducting 26 strikes since early Friday.
Egypt court orders retrial for 37 Brotherhood members
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court ordered a retrial for 37 Muslim Brotherhood members sentenced to death and 115 others sentenced to life in a mass trial last year, judicial sources said on Saturday.
Kurdish forces fire into Islamic State-controlled Mosul
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish forces have fired rockets into Mosul for the first time since Islamic State militants overran the northern Iraqi city last summer, Kurdish military sources said on Saturday.
Exclusive: Some counter-terrorism efforts in Yemen frozen for now – U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has halted some counter-terrorism operations against al Qaeda militants in Yemen following a takeover of the country by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, U.S. officials said on Friday.
Obama to cut short India visit, fly to Saudi Arabia: sources
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will cut short his visit to India on Tuesday to fly to Saudi Arabia following the death of King Abdullah, sources in the Indian capital familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
Businesses plan to reopen as Hawaii lava flow stalls
KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII (Reuters) – The leading edge of a lava flow from a volcano that threatened a commercial center on Hawaii’s Big Island appeared on Friday to have stalled again, prompting several businesses to make plans to reopen their doors.
Senior U.S. diplomat ruffles Cuba by meeting dissidents
HAVANA (Reuters) – A senior U.S. diplomat in Cuba for negotiations on restoring long-frozen diplomatic relations met a group of dissidents on Friday, seeking to underline Washington’s concern over human rights but irritating the island’s communist gove…
New Saudi king seeks to reassure on succession and policy
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman pledged continuity in energy and foreign policies on Friday and moved quickly to appoint younger men as his heirs, settling the succession for years to come by naming a deputy crown prince from his dyna…
Yemen suffers power vacuum after president, premier quit
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen drifted deeper into political limbo on Friday after President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi resigned in exasperation at a Houthi rebel takeover of the country, a move that appeared to catch the Iran-backed group off balance.
