EU and U.S. announce new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States on Tuesday announced further sanctions against Russia, targeting its energy, banking and defense sectors in the strongest international action yet over Moscow’s support for rebels…
Cameroon fires two army officers after Boko Haram raids
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – President Paul Biya on Tuesday dismissed two senior army officers in Cameroon’s far north following Boko Haram attacks in which at least seven people were killed and the wife of a senior official was kidnapped.
Romania’s leftist PM launches candidacy in presidential election
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s ruling leftist alliance endorsed Prime Minister Victor Ponta’s candidacy in a Nov. 2 presidential election on Tuesday, with opinion polls showing him leading but not by enough to avoid a runoff ballot.
U.S. nuclear negotiator declines setting deadline on Iran deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The lead U.S. nuclear negotiator declined to give a final deadline on Tuesday for negotiating a final nuclear agreement with Iran, but said participants mean to finish the international talks at the end of the current four-month …
Iraq’s Kurds have right to sell oil while squeezed by Baghdad: MP
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurdish region has the right to keep selling oil as long as the Baghdad government keeps cutting its budget, the head of the Kurdish parliament’s energy committee said on Tuesday, as an oil cargo off Texas was set to be seize…
Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor dies from virus
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s top doctor fighting an outbreak of Ebola has died from the virus, the country’s chief medical officer, Brima Kargbo, said on Tuesday.
Putin may have passed point of no-return over Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin risks becoming an international pariah over the Ukraine crisis but the Russian president is battening down the hatches for the gathering economic and political storm.
Chinese police shoot dead dozens after attack in Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police shot dead dozens of knife-wielding attackers on Monday morning after they staged assaults on two towns in the western region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
Libyan militants overrun Benghazi special forces base as chaos deepens
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Militant fighters overran a Libyan special forces base in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday after a battle involving rockets and warplanes that killed at least 30 people.
Air France, Virgin among airlines avoiding Iraqi airspace
BERLIN (Reuters) – Major airlines are taking differing stances to flying over Iraq, reflecting the piecemeal approach airlines currently take to flying over conflict zones and ahead of an international meeting of industry representatives to discuss the…
