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…
Militants kill four polio workers in Pakistan
QUETTA, Islamabad (Reuters) – Gunmen killed three Pakistani women polio workers and their driver on Wednesday, police said, in the most deadly attack on the health workers in two years.
Sao Tome ex-president’s son returns to prime minister’s job
SAO TOME (Reuters) – Patrice Trovoada, the son of Sao Tome and Principe’s former President Miguel Trovoada, has been reappointed prime minister of the tiny island nation following his party’s sweeping victory in parliamentary polls last month, a presid…
Turkey condemns Tripoli air strikes claimed by Libyan government
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey on Wednesday condemned air strikes claimed by the Libyan government on an airport in Tripoli controlled by a rival administration, setting it at odds with the country’s internationally-recognized authorities.
