Northern European nations to boost military cooperation against Russia
OSLO (Reuters) – Eight northern European nations agreed on Thursday to step up cooperation to counter an increase in Moscow’s military activity that has included a tripling of NATO intercepts of Russian jets this year.
France’s Fabius says key questions remain on Iran nuclear deal
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Thursday that important questions still needed to be resolved regarding Iran’s nuclear program but that it hoped to reach an agreement by Nov. 24.
Yemen’s Houthi group endorse new government: presidential aide
SANAA (Reuters) – The Shi’ite Muslim Houthi group has endorsed the new Yemeni government despite opposition to some ministers, a presidential aide said on Thursday, in a move that could allow Prime Minister Khaled Bahah to focus on restoring state cont…
Germany warns anti-semitism rising on back of Middle East violence
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister said at an international conference on anti-semitism on Thursday that “hatred of Jews” was on the rise once more in his country and across Europe, fueled by spiraling violence in the Middle East.
Morocco arrests four French Islamists with suspected militant links
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s interior ministry said on Thursday police have arrested four French nationals in the city of Marrakesh and Western Sahara’s Laayoune, who it said were linked to terrorist groups.
India wins U.S. support for food scheme, ends WTO blockade
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – India won U.S. support for its food stockpiling scheme on Thursday, rescuing the World Trade Organization from paralysis and giving new Prime Minister Narendra Modi a victory without major concessions.
At Iraq refinery, sniper trained in Syria awaits Islamic State
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – After Iraqi sniper Ali al-Tulaibawi returned from his training on the battlefields of Syria his commander sent him on a months-long mission to shoot Islamic State militants from the towers of Iraq’s biggest oil refinery.
France mulls military deployment in Jordan for Islamic State fight
PARIS (Reuters) – France will decide in the coming weeks whether to send fighter jets to Jordan to strike Islamic State militants in Iraq in an effort to increase the number of missions and reduce the cost, the army spokesman and officials said on Thur…
Kurds again become focus of Western intervention in Middle East
(Reuters) – Saddam Hussein’s use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s was cited by Western powers as one of the justifications for the 2003 invasion that toppled him.
China offers ASEAN friendship, loans as South China Sea tension bubbles
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang proposed a friendship treaty with Southeast Asian countries and offered $20 billion in loans on Thursday but held firm on the line that Beijing will only settle South China Sea disputes directly w…
