Russia warns U.S. against arms to Ukraine as Biden due in Kiev
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia warned the United States on Thursday against supplying arms to Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, hours before U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden was due to arrive in Kiev.
Construction of Nicaragua canal to begin December 22: committee
MANAGUA (Reuters) – Construction of Nicaragua’s $50 billion Interoceanic Grand Canal, expected to rival the Panama Canal, will begin Dec. 22 after feasibility studies have been approved, the committee overseeing the project said on Thursday.
Russia says North Korea ready for renewal of nuclear talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday North Korea was ready to resume stalled international talks on its nuclear program.
Exclusive: U.S. increasing non-lethal military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to increase non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine, including deliveries of the first Humvee vehicles, having decided for now not to provide weapons, U.S. officials said.
Mali, rebels start third round of peace talks
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Mali began a third round of peace negotiations with mostly Tuareg rebel groups in Algiers on Thursday aimed at ending decades of uprisings in the north, with the government calling for a swift conclusion of a deal.
Burkina ex-president Compaore in exile in Morocco: Ivory Coast government
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s longtime president Blaise Compaore, toppled by a popular uprising last month, has left his temporary refuge of Ivory Coast and headed into exile in Morocco, an Ivorian government spokesman said on Thursday.
NATO scrambles jets 400 times in 2014 as Russian air activity jumps
AMARI Estonia/LONDON (Reuters) – NATO warplanes have had to scramble 400 times this year in response to an increase in Russian air activity around Europe not seen since the Cold War, the alliance’s chief said on Thursday.
Egypt’s Sisi calls on West to support Libya to avoid new Syria, Iraq
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged the United States and Europe on Thursday to help the Libyan army in its fight against Islamist militants now to save the country from requiring intervention on the scale of Iraq and Syria….
Police fire tear gas in confrontation at Nigeria’s parliament
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian police fired tear gas in the lobby of parliament on Thursday to stop the speaker of the lower house entering with a crowd of lawmakers and supporters, prompting the chairman to shut the national assembly.
Putin says Russia must prevent ‘color revolution’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Moscow must prevent a “color revolution” in Russia and stop extremism, warning of the threat posed by illegal immigration and “radical” Internet sites that recruit youths.
