Lebanon hopes Iran deal would unlock political crisis: PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam believes a deal settling the Iranian nuclear dispute could help pave the way towards ending the political deadlock that has left his country without a president since May.
Year of crises stretches militaries, governments to limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – From a standoff with Russia to fights against Ebola and Islamic State, 2014 has pitted western policymakers against a scale of crises unparalleled in recent years.
Female suicide bomber kills at least one at Nigerian college
ABUJA (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a teacher training college in Nigeria on Wednesday, killing at least one other person in the second such attack on an educational institution this week, police and a witness said.
Turkish state TV fined for favoring Erdogan in election coverage
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s state-run broadcaster has been penalized for favoring President Tayyip Erdogan in its coverage of the country’s first popular vote for head of state, the national election board said on Wednesday.
Iran denies nuclear scientist killed in Syria: IRNA
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran denied on Wednesday a monitoring group’s report that an Iranian nuclear scientist had been killed in Syria last week, according to the official IRNA news agency.
French parliament to hold symbolic vote on Palestine status
PARIS (Reuters) – French lawmakers are set to hold symbolic parliamentary votes over the next month on whether the government should recognize Palestine as a state, a move likely to anger the Jewish state.
Spain urges Catalonia to seek constitution reform, not independence
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday urged Catalonia to seek a constitutional reform to resolve its political problems with Madrid but he ruled out talks on a possible referendum on independence.
UK PM Cameron’s Conservatives take largest poll lead in four years
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives have taken their largest Ipsos-MORI poll lead over the opposition Labour party in four years, according to the company’s latest survey published on Wednesday, less than six months ahead of…
Kurds block an Islamic State supply route to Syria’s Kobani
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish forces blocked a road Islamic State militants use to resupply their forces in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, a town official and a monitoring group said on Wednesday, the first major gain against the jihadists after wee…
Myanmar ‘backsliding’ on reforms in some areas, Obama says
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s transition from military rule has not been as fast as hoped and the government is “backsliding” on some reforms, U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview published on Wednesday, hours before he was due to visit the …
