Gulf Arabs demand return of state authority in Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Gulf Arab states have demanded the restoration of government authority in Yemen, issuing a thinly veiled criticism of rebels with ties to Iran who have taken control of the capital, Sanaa.
Taliban bomber in Afghan capital targets army bus, kills three
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber targeted an Afghan army bus in Kabul on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10, the interior ministry said, the fourth high-profile attack in the capital since Monday when the new president was sworn i…
Merkel tells Putin Moscow has duty to temper separatists in Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Wednesday that Moscow had a duty to temper pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, a spokesman for the German government said.
At least 10 killed in shelling of school and mini-van in Ukraine
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday when shells hit a school playground and a public transit mini-van in a nearby street in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, underscoring the fragility of a ceasefire between separatists an…
Palestinians draft U.N. resolution on ending Israel occupation
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Palestinians have drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an end to Israeli occupation by November 2016, which they have shared informally with Arab states and some council members, U.N. diplomats said on W…
Mexico arrests drug lord Beltran Leyva posing as businessman
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hector Beltran Leyva, one of the most notorious Mexican drug lords still at large, was captured on Wednesday by soldiers at a seafood restaurant in a picturesque town in central Mexico popular with American retirees.
Foreign doctors, military guards: Bespoke care for North Korea’s Kims
SEOUL (Reuters) – In 1993, French neurosurgeon Francois-Xavier Roux received a phone call in Paris from an unidentified North Korean official. The then leader-in-waiting, Kim Jong Il, had suffered a head injury from a horse-riding accident and they wan…
Foreign doctors, military guards: Bespoke care for North Korea’s Kims
SEOUL (Reuters) – In 1993, French neurosurgeon Francois-Xavier Roux received a phone call in Paris from an unidentified North Korean official. The then leader-in-waiting, Kim Jong Il, had suffered a head injury from a horse-riding accident and they wan…
Turkey vows to fight Islamic State, coalition strikes near border
MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey signalled it may send troops into Syria or Iraq and let allies use Turkish bases to fight Islamic State, as coalition jets launched air strikes on Wednesday on insurgents besieging a town on its southern bor…
Greenland votes to hold parliamentary election in November
(Reuters) – Greenland’s parliament voted on Wednesday to hold an election on Nov. 28 after Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond took a temporary leave of absence over a spending scandal and the opposition lured enough of her supporters to gain a majority.
