Ukraine and rebels back peace plan, ceasefire from Friday
NEWPORT Wales/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires on Friday, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five-month war in …
U.N. cites concerns over possible gaps in Syria’s declared chemical arms
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday that discrepancies and questions still surround Syria’s chemical weapons declaration as the United States expressed concern that any omitted toxins could fall into the hands of the Islamic …
Afghan candidates’ unity pledge eases NATO’s worries
NEWPORT Wales/KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates pledged to NATO leaders on Thursday that they would form a government of national unity and sign legal agreements allowing foreign troops to stay on next year.
Israel says it gagged reports captive Sotloff was its citizen
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Thursday it had prevented local media from reporting that slain U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff was also an Israeli citizen, in a bid to reduce the risk to him after he was seized by Islamist insurgents in Syria last…
Belgium ordered to pay accused bomb plotter extradited to U.S
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that European states should not extradite people to face the rest of their lives behind bars without the possibility of release, ordering Belgium to pay a settlement to a Tunisia…
IAEA sees signs North Korea reactor may be operating
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it has seen releases of steam and water indicating that North Korea may be operating a reactor, in the latest update on a plant that experts say could make plutonium for atomic bombs.
Iran, U.S. meet as search for nuclear deal intensifies
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran and the United States met in Geneva for bilateral talks on Thursday as international diplomacy intensifies to end a decade-old dispute over Tehran’s atomic activities by a new deadline in late November.
Indian states on alert after al Qaeda announces local wing
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India put several provinces on heightened alert on Thursday after al Qaeda announced the formation of a wing of the militant group in India and its neighborhood, a senior government official said.
Car bomb in Shi’ite area of Baghdad kills 12, wounds 30: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb killed 12 people and wounded 30 in Baghdad’s mainly Shi’ite Muslim Kadhamiya neighbourhood on Thursday evening, police said.
Greece says in ‘danger zone’ from influx of Syrian, Iraqi refugees
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece is slipping into a “danger zone” without the funds or resources to handle a fast-growing wave of refugees trying to enter the European Union from war-torn countries like Syria and Iraq, the government warned on Thursday.
