Iran says wants progress in nuclear talks before action on Islamic State
PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is ready to do something to help tackle Islamic State insurgents in Iraq but first wants progress in negotiations with world powers over its nuclear program, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was quoted as saying by Iranian medi…
Exclusive: Militants, weapons transit Gaza tunnels despite Egyptian crackdown
AL-SARSOURIYA Egypt (Reuters) – A third of the houses on the main street of this Bedouin town near Egypt’s border with Gaza look derelict, but inside they buzz with the activity of tunnel smugglers scrambling to survive a security crackdown by the Egyp…
Pakistani protest leader says talks with government suspended
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – An opposition politician leading protesters trying to bring down Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said talks with the government were suspended on Thursday, as the continuing impasse raised fears for the nuclear-armed country’s stabili…
‘Terrorists’ help U.S. in battle against Islamic State in Iraq
MAKHMUR Iraq (Reuters) – Washington has acquired an unlikely ally in its battle against Islamic State militants in Iraq – a group of fighters it formally classifies as terrorists.
As Ukraine forces gain in east, focus of German diplomacy shifts
BERLIN/KIEV (Reuters) – After months of ratcheting up pressure on Vladimir Putin, concern is mounting in Berlin and other European capitals that an emboldened Ukraine’s military successes in the east are reducing the chances of a face-saving way out of…
Tunisia, Egypt halt Libya flights over security fears
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Tunisia and Egypt’s Cairo airport halted most flights to and from Libya on Thursday for security reasons, officials said, days after the Libyan government said unidentified war planes had attacked positions of armed groups …
Scottish nationalists seek to broaden independence debate beyond currency
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – With less than a month to go until Scotland votes on independence, nationalists are seeking to broaden the debate away from a difficult focus on what currency would be used after breaking from the United Kingdom.
U.S. judge calls Argentina debt row hearing amid contempt calls
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. judge who barred Argentina from servicing its debt until it settled with investors demanding full payment on their bonds scheduled a new hearing on Thursday, after the country unveiled plans to sidestep his ruling that led…
Seven slashed in knife attack in China’s Guangzhou: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – A man slashed seven people on Thursday in the southern city of Guangzhou, state media said, in the latest of a series of attacks that has unnerved the country.
‘Ambiguous warfare’ providing NATO with new challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March, NATO has been publicly refocusing on its old Cold War foe Moscow. The threats it now believes it faces, however, are distinctly different to those of the latter half of the 20th century.
