Moscow says U.S. working on military ‘scenarios’ at Russia’s borders
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accused the United States on Thursday of working on military “scenarios” near Russia’s borders that he said were a source of grave concern.
Albania’s PM ‘disappointed’ but undaunted by drone incident
CAMBRIDGE Mass. (Reuters) – Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said he was “disappointed” at Serbian officials’ comments following a drone stunt at a soccer match this week but vowed on Thursday to push ahead with plans to meet his counterpart in Belgrad…
Iran, U.S. say some headway made in ‘difficult’ nuclear talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and the United States said they made some progress in high-level nuclear talks but much work remained to clinch a breakthrough deal by a late-November deadline.
Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola, N.Z., Spain win U.N. Council seats
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Venezuela, Malaysia, Angola, New Zealand and Spain won seats on the United Nations Security Council on Thursday for two years from Jan. 1, 2015.
Palestinian boy killed by Israeli forces in West Bank: medics
RAMALLAH (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian boy in a village in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, local medics and residents told Reuters.
At least 27 killed in attacks in eastern Congo: official
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 27 people were killed and another seven people seriously injured in overnight raids on villages near the eastern Congolese town of Beni, local officials said on Thursday.
Brazil’s Neves closing campaign cash gap thanks to banks and ethanol
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A late injection of campaign cash is helping business-friendly opposition candidate Aecio Neves push Brazil’s presidential runoff against incumbent Dilma Rousseff down to the wire, eroding her huge fundraising advantage.
At least 47 killed in attacks in and around Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bombings and a mortar strike in Shi’ite Muslim parts of Baghdad and in the rural belt south of the capital killed at least 47 people on Thursday and wounded 123, police and medical officials said.
With Syria at war, can Turkey and Ocalan still bring Kurds peace?
ISTANBUL/SURUC Turkey (Reuters) – As southeast Turkey’s Kurds rioted last week in fury at Ankara’s refusal to rescue the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani from advancing Islamists, it was to Abdullah Ocalan that Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu turned for he…
Al Qaeda and Houthis clash in central Yemen: residents
SANAA (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in fighting between Houthi tribesmen and militants linked to al Qaeda in central Yemen on Thursday, witnesses said, part of a growing struggle over territory and influence between the two enemy sides.
