Perpetrators of violence in Nigeria will be denied visas for U.S.: Kerry
LAGOS (Reuters) – The United States will deny entry to anyone responsible for stoking violence during Nigeria’s election next month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday, while urging the government not to delay the poll.
Central African Republic minister kidnapped, another targeted
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s minister for youth and sport was kidnapped on Sunday by gunmen in the capital, Bangui, and a second minister narrowly escaped capture in a town to the north, officials said.
Rebels launch ‘intense’ attacks on Ukraine government troops: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels launched new attacks against Ukrainian government positions on Sunday, the Kiev army said, as Western countries threatened more sanctions against Moscow for backing a new separatist offensive.
Exit poll shows Greece’s Syriza with strong lead in election
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s anti-austerity leftist party Syriza is on course to win Sunday’s snap election by a large margin over Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ conservatives, a joint exit poll showed.
Seven killed in heavy rocket attack on Damascus: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist fighters struck the Syrian capital with at least 38 rockets on Sunday, killing seven people, a monitoring group said, in one of heaviest attacks on Damascus in over a year.
Netanyahu defends planned Congress speech as anti-Iran strategy
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended on Sunday a planned speech to the U.S. Congress about Iran, saying he had a moral obligation to speak out on an issue that poses a mortal threat to Israel.
Philippine police clash with Muslim rebels in south, at least 30 dead
MANILA (Reuters) – At least 30 people were killed in heavy fighting between police and Muslim rebels in the Philippines on Sunday, military and local officials said, threatening a year-old peace agreement and shattering a ceasefire that held for three …
Iran’s foreign minister summoned to parliament over walk with Kerry
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to appear before parliament following controversy over a promenade with his American counterpart during intense nuclear negotiations in Geneva, state media reported on Sunday.
Russia’s Lavrov says Moscow ready to push for peaceful solution in east Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday that Moscow was ready to do everything it can to encourage rival sides warring in east Ukraine to seek a peaceful solution to the conflict.
U.S. ambivalence towards Moscow talks shows pressure easing on Syria’s Assad
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An ambivalent U.S. response to a Moscow peace conference on Syria, despite a firm boycott by the main opposition, shows how the fight against Islamic State fighters has reduced international pressure against President Bashar al-Assad…
