India-Pakistan friction threatens South Asia trade at Himalayan summit
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Hostilities between rivals India and Pakistan on Wednesday threatened to scupper efforts by South Asian leaders to boost trade among almost a quarter of the world’s people, throwing into doubt any prospect of a regional customs un…
UK terrorism watchdog criticizes new security proposals
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s terrorism watchdog has criticized the government’s proposed new security laws, describing some of the measures as an “announcement waiting for a policy”.
Sarkozy hopes to crush party rivals in French come-back test
PARIS (Reuters) – Nicolas Sarkozy’s hopes of running for a new French presidential term in 2017 face a crucial first test on Saturday as members of his crisis-ridden conservative UMP party vote for a new leader.
Latvia sees security threat in Russian deal with Abkhazia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Latvian President Andris Berzins said on Wednesday an agreement deepening cooperation between Russia and Georgia’s Abkhazia region threatened regional stability and security.
Secular France moves to confront jihadism after slow start
SEINE-ST-DENIS, France (Reuters) – When Guillaume, a 22-year-old Frenchman, left jail two months ago vowing to die as a martyr for Islam, community worker Sonia Imloul had a few minutes to convince him he was on the wrong path.
Syria ‘no-fly zone’ not being considered: NATO general
IZMIR, Turkey (Reuters) – NATO is not considering establishing a “no-fly zone” in northern Syria, something Turkey has been calling for to alleviate security and humanitarian pressures on its southeastern borders, one of the alliance’s top generals has…
Israel’s lurch to the right dims two-state peace prospects
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A cartoon in Israel’s left-leaning Haaretz newspaper showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu studying a poster made by his publicity team of Mahmoud Abbas, the mild-mannered, soft-featured Palestinian president.
Croatia urges EU to pressure Serbia over freed war crimes suspect
ZAGREB (Reuters) – The European Union should demand that the government of EU candidate Serbia distance itself from a hardline Serb nationalist leader recently released from a U.N. war crimes tribunal, Croatia said on Wednesday.
Five killed in clashes between Houthis, Sunnis in Yemen capital
SANAA (Reuters) – Five people were killed in clashes between Shi’ite Houthi fighters and Sunni tribal opponents in Sanaa early on Wednesday, medical sources said, in some of the worst violence in Yemen’s capital since it was seized by the Houthi moveme…
Israeli president criticizes divisive Jewish nation-state bill
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s president has said a bill promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that would anchor in law the status of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people runs counter to its founding fathers’ vision of equality for A…
