Former El Salvador president wanted for corruption given house arrest
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – A judge ordered former El Salvador President Francisco Flores to be held under house arrest after he turned himself in on Friday to await trial on corruption charges.
Obama says key allies ready to join U.S. action in Iraq
NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said key NATO allies stood ready to join the United States in military action to defeat Islamic State militants in Iraq as he vowed to ‘take out’ the leaders of a movement he said was a major threat to t…
The story of an Islamic State massacre survivor
DIWANIYA (Reuters) – Eight hundred Iraqi soldiers were divided into lines of ten men, given rushed interrogations by Islamic State fighters and shot dead, the survivor said. By dawn, he was one of only 20 left alive.
Iran fails to address nuclear bomb concerns: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has failed to address concerns about suspected atomic bomb research by an agreed deadline, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday, a setback to hopes for an end to an international stand-off over Tehran’s atomic activity.
Survivors demand justice after Iraq massacre
DIWANIYA Iraq (Reuters) – No one disputes the horrific outcome: Iraqi military recruits were led off their base unarmed and murdered in their hundreds, machine gunned in mass graves by the Islamic State, whose fighters boasted proudly of the killings o…
U.N. to set up Ebola crisis center, aims to stop spread in six to nine months
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations plans to set up an Ebola crisis center to coordinate the response to the deadly virus and to strive to halt its spread in West African countries in six to nine months, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ann…
France’s Hollande says will finish mandate, rejects ‘anti-poor’ jibe
NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he would stay in office until the end of his mandate in 2017 despite his record low opinion poll ratings, and defended himself vigorously against a suggestion he disliked the p…
Estonia says officer abducted on border; Russia says it detained spy
TALLINN/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Estonia said one of its security officers had been abducted on the border and taken into Russia on Friday as he tried to stop illegal activity on the border, but Russia said he had been detained on its territory as a suspecte…
Iran fails to address nuclear bomb concerns: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has failed to address concerns about suspected atomic bomb research by an agreed deadline, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday, a setback to hopes for an end to an international stand-off over Tehran’s atomic activity.
Key allies ready to join U.S. military action in Iraq: Obama
NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) – Key NATO allies stand ready to join the United States in military action to defeat Islamic State militants in Iraq, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday.
