U.S., France ‘on same page’ over Iran, want stronger deal
PARIS (Reuters) – The United States and France sought on Saturday to play down any disagreements over nuclear talks with Iran, saying they both agreed the accord now under discussion needed to be strengthened.
Syrian air strike kills two Islamic State commanders
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army has killed two Islamic State commanders in an air strike in central Syria along with at least 24 other members of the ultra-hardline group, a monitoring group said on Saturday.
UK police defend actions over teenage girls who flew to Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – British police on Saturday denied accusations that they had failed to pass on crucial information that could have allowed families to stop three teenage girls from traveling to Syria to join Islamic State militants.
Spain arrests Moroccan woman suspected of trying to join Islamic State
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish authorities on Saturday arrested a Moroccan woman resident in Spain on suspicion of attempting to join Islamic State militants in Syria, the interior ministry said.
Two suspects held over murder of Kremlin critic Nemtsov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two suspects have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, Russian officials said, a week after he was shot dead near the Kremlin in the most high-profile killing of an opposition figure in years.
Director calls banning rape documentary ‘international suicide’ for India
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India committed “international suicide” by banning a documentary about the gang rape and murder of a woman in Delhi, the director of the film said after a Friday night screening in London.
Germany downplays report of rift with NATO over Breedlove comments
BERLIN/RIGA (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier downplayed a magazine report on Saturday of tensions with NATO over hawkish comments about Ukraine made by the Western alliance’s supreme allied commander.
U.S., allies conduct air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and coalition forces conducted six air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria and another 11 in Iraq in the past 24 hours, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
Egypt investigates explicit video filmed at the pyramids
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt is investigating how foreign tourists managed to film a pornographic video near the Giza pyramids, the government said.
EU shows little appetite for more Russia sanctions
RIGA (Reuters) – EU foreign ministers showed little appetite on Saturday for stepping up pressure on Russia over Ukraine, preferring to give a fragile ceasefire a chance before deciding whether to apply more sanctions or even to extend existing ones.
