Tony Blair to step back from Middle East Quartet: FT
(Reuters) – Tony Blair is relinquishing his post as the envoy for the Middle East Quartet to take a different role in the peace negotiations, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing people it said were familiar with the matter.
West hopes for Iran concessions in nuclear talks
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Western powers are hoping for concessions from Tehran that could help clinch a political agreement in nuclear talks this week after the United States and European powers voiced a willingness to compromise on suspending…
Islamic State militants claim attack on checkpoint in Libya’s capital
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Militants loyal to Islamic State claimed an attack at a checkpoint in a suburb of the Libyan capital on Sunday, according to a statement on social media, days after a similar attack on a police station.
Boko Haram militants attack village in Chad, killing one
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist insurgency attacked a village in Chad early on Sunday, killing one person, local residents said.
Putin says Russia was ready for nuclear confrontation over Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow was ready to put its nuclear forces on alert to ensure Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin said in a pre-recorded documentary aired on Sunday.
U.S. diplomat arrested with pro-democracy activists in Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Security forces in Democratic Republic of Congo arrested a U.S. diplomat along with pro-democracy activists, journalists and musicians on Sunday following a news conference in the capital Kinshasa, a government spokesman and witnes…
Over 1 million Brazilians protest Rousseff, economy, corruption
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Over one million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazil on Sunday to protest a sluggish economy, rising prices and corruption – and to call for the impeachment of leftist President Dilma Rousseff.
Prevent ‘left-wing’ government, Netanyahu tells campaign rally
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, trailing in opinion polls two days before a parliamentary election, on Sunday implored right-wing voters to turn out and “stop a left-wing government from coming to power.”
Russia a land of plenty, but hard to reach from rebel east Ukraine
USPENKA BORDER CROSSING, Ukraine (Reuters) – Looking out over the several hundred cars lined up to cross into Russia from rebel-held eastern Ukraine, Vladimir curses the separatist authorities who he says are forcing people to venture out of the rebel …
France’s National Front seen leading local election run-up: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front is set to win more votes than any other party in the first round of local elections next Sunday, a poll showed, with the governing Socialist party coming a very distant third.
