Qatar Emir tells Saudi King he met terms to end GCC rift: Gulf source
(Reuters) – Qatar’s emir told Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah this week his country had done everything it could to resolve a dispute over Doha’s links with Islamist groups, but the monarch appeared unconvinced, a Gulf security source said on Tuesday.
Europe examining ways to press Israel over settlements: diplomats
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – European officials are looking at new ways to press Israel to halt its building of settlements on land the Palestinians want for a state, as frustration over the construction program reaches a new high, European diplomats say.
Kurdish PKK militants say Turkey violated ceasefire with air strikes
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) said on Tuesday the Turkish military had launched air strikes on its guerrillas in southeast Turkey on Monday, violating a ceasefire agreed under a two-year-old peace process.
Protesters clash with police in Ukraine capital, throw smoke bombs
KIEV (Reuters) – A few thousand protesters clashed with police on Tuesday outside the Ukrainian parliament, throwing stones and smoke bombs and firing with air guns through the building’s windows.
Taliban kill six more Afghan police as attacks stepped up
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban fighters overwhelmed an Afghan police checkpoint in a key province bordering the capital, killing six policemen on Tuesday as insurgents launch fierce attacks ahead of the withdrawal of foreign combat forces, an official said….
Saudi Arabia and Iran swap accusations as tensions persist
DUBAI (Reuters) – Senior Saudi and Iranian officials have renewed criticism of each other’s interventions in the Middle East in a sign that tensions between the rival Gulf powers remain high despite top-level meetings this summer.
Polish missionary kidnapped in Central African Republic
WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish Catholic missionary has been kidnapped by eight armed people in the town of Baboua in the Central African Republic, the head of Poland’s Pontifical Mission Societies said on Tuesday.
Powerful earthquake strikes off El Salvador, one dead
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck late on Monday off the coast of El Salvador and Nicaragua and was felt across Central America, killing at least one person, but there were no immediate reports of major damage.
Special Report: How Mosul fell – An Iraqi general disputes Baghdad’s story
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Lieutenant General Mahdi Gharawi knew an attack was coming.
U.N. agency cuts food rations for 1 million Afghans over funding
KABUL (Reuters) – Funding shortfalls have forced the World Food Program (WFP) to cut rations for up to 1 million people in Afghanistan, an official said, an early sign that aid money may dwindle as the international combat mission winds down.
