West African bloc presses Burkina for civilian leader
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Three West African presidents urged Burkina Faso on Wednesday to appoint a civilian transitional leader within days to guide the country to elections next year following the people’s overthrow of longtime ruler Blaise Compaore l…
Demolition of remaining Syria chemical arms sites to begin soon
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The demolition of a dozen remaining chemical weapons production facilities in Syria is scheduled to begin later this month while work will continue on the verification of the government’s declarations, Australia’s U.N. envoy …
Bomb kills two, wounds 14 on trains in and around Cairo: state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – A bomb planted in a train killed two Egyptian policemen and wounded 11 other people when it exploded at a station in the Nile Delta province of Menufia late on Wednesday, state television said.
Jordan-Israel relations in crisis over al-Aqsa mosque strife
JERUSALEM/AMMAN (Reuters) – Increasing strife over Jerusalem’s most volatile holy site plunged relations between Israel and Jordan into crisis on Wednesday, with Amman recalling its ambassador for the first time since the countries’ 1994 peace treaty.
Global court says will not investigate Israeli raid on Turkish flotilla
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – International prosecutors believe Israeli soldiers may have committed war crimes during a raid that killed nine Turkish activists in 2010, but have decided the case is beyond their remit, according to court papers seen by Reuters….
Officials fear al Qaeda grooming Indian militants for big attacks
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Decrypted communications between Indian Mujahideen (IM) and al Qaeda and testimony from suspects have triggered alarm among intelligence officials in New Delhi: the groups appear to be working together to launch major attacks in t…
Serbian PM discusses models of gas debt repayment with Putin
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday he had discussed models of debt repayment to Russian state gas giant Gazprom with Russian President Vladimir Putin by telephone.
Four Tunisian soldiers killed in suspected Islamist attack
TUNIS (Reuters) – Four Tunisian soldiers were killed and 11 others were wounded on Wednesday in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a bus carrying soldiers in Kef near the Algerian border, the Defense Ministry said.
Afghan casualties on battlefield at unsustainably high level: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 4,600 Afghan troops have been killed in the war against the Taliban this year, a 6.5 percent jump over last year and an unsustainably high figure that underscores the need for better medical evacuation, a top U.S. gener…
India, isolated, toughs it out in WTO food-stockpiling row
NEW DELHI/GENEVA (Reuters) – India defied the world on Wednesday in a row over food stockpiling that has crippled attempts to reach a global trade agreement, raising doubts that backroom talks can reach a compromise before a Group of 20 summit this mon…
