Iraq headed for chaos unless politicians unite, U.N. says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi soldiers backed by Shi’ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad on Saturday as a U.N. envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers did not make progress on Sunday towards naming a gove…
Political novice bids to lead Slovenia recovery
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Slovenians look likely to hand power on Sunday to a center-left political novice hostile to the big-ticket privatizations that the country’s European partners see as central to fixing its finances long term.
Ukraine jets pound rebels after deadly missile attack
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian war planes bombarded separatists along a broad front on Saturday, inflicting huge losses, Kiev said, after President Petro Poroshenko said “scores and hundreds” would be made to pay for a deadly missile attack on Ukrainian fo…
Colombia oil pipeline paralyzed by rebel attack
(Reuters) – – Pumping of oil from one of Colombia’s most important pipelines, the Bicentenario, was paralyzed after an attack by leftist rebels, its operator said on Saturday.
Twenty-nine killed by gunmen in east Baghdad: police and hospital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Some 29 people, 20 of them women, were killed on Saturday evening in an apartment building in eastern Baghdad by gunmen wearing a mix of plain clothes and camouflage, a police officer and a hospital official said.
Belfast parade ends without clashes for first time in years
BELFAST (Reuters) – A flashpoint Protestant parade in Northern Ireland’s capital Belfast ended without violence for the first time in decades on Saturday when marchers agreed to turn around before passing a Catholic area.
Syrian rebel commander assassinated in Jordan: police
AMMAN (Reuters) – A Syrian rebel commander has been shot dead in the Jordanian capital in the first such incident on the kingdom’s territory since the start of the conflict in Syria in 2011, a police source said on Saturday.
Shi’ite group hands back army camp to Yemeni government
SANAA (Reuters) – Shi’ite Muslim tribesmen handed back an army camp to the Yemeni government on Saturday, a spokesman for the group said, to try to defuse tensions caused by the capture of a provincial capital north of Sanaa this week.
Iran sticks to ‘unworkable, inadequate’ stances in nuclear talks: U.S.
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has stuck to “unworkable and inadequate” positions in nuclear talks with six world powers despite a looming deadline for a deal to end sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its atomic program, a U.S. official said on…
Afghanistan’s Ghani and Abdullah arrive for news conference with Kerry
KABUL (Reuters) – Rival Afghan presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah arrived at a U.N. compound in Kabul on Saturday for a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
