Mali, Tuareg-led rebels agree to cease hostilities for peace talks
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Mali’s government and an alliance of Tuareg-led northern rebels agreed to cease hostilities on Thursday to ease tensions during U.N.-sponsored peace negotiations aimed at ending decades of uprisings.
Serving British soldier ‘joins Peshmerga to fight Islamic State’: Sky
LONDON (Reuters) – A serving British soldier has joined Kurdish Peshmerga forces fighting Islamic State (IS) insurgents, Sky television reported on Thursday.
Iran still stalling U.N. nuclear inquiry as deal deadline looms: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has still not addressed specific issues that could feed suspicions it may have researched an atomic bomb, a U.N. watchdog report showed on Thursday, potentially complicating efforts by six powers to clinch a nuclear deal with Te…
Amid Israeli restrictions on materials, makeshift homes sprout in Gaza
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (Reuters) – Aid agencies struggling to shelter thousands of Gazans made homeless by war have resorted to building makeshift temporary homes out of metal and wood to evade Israeli restrictions on imports into the territory.
Fighting rages in east Ukraine despite bid to revive truce
ARTEMIVSK/VUHLEHIRSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Thursday despite European efforts to resurrect a stillborn ceasefire, a day after pro-Russian separatists spurned the truce by forcing thousands of government troops out of …
White House denies U.S. scheduled to meet with Taliban on peace deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House denied reports that U.S. officials planned to meet with the Taliban on Thursday, a spokeswoman said.
French government survives no-confidence vote
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Socialist government survived a parliament no-confidence vote called by opposition conservatives on Thursday after it resorted to a controversial decree to bypass broad opposition to a flagship economic reform bill.
Syria sees its foreign foes as key to Aleppo truce
DAMASCUS – The Syrian government said on Thursday the success of a U.N. bid to freeze fighting in Aleppo hinged on whether foreign states that back the insurgents can get them to comply, and that no time frame had been set for the proposed ceasefire.
Dubai airline Emirates rejects Delta apology over 9/11 comments
DUBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – An increasingly bitter trade row between U.S. and Gulf airlines deepened on Thursday when Dubai’s Emirates rejected a Delta Air Lines apology for remarks perceived as linking Gulf carriers with the Sept. 11 attacks on the Uni…
Putin a threat to Baltic states, Western officials say
LONDON (Reuters) – Senior Western officials accused Russia on Thursday of redrawing the map of Europe by force and posing a threat to the Baltic states.
