At summit, U.S. and Russia agree on nuclear terrorism threat
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – World leaders called on countries on Tuesday to cut their use and their stocks of highly enriched nuclear fuel to the minimum to help prevent al Qaeda-style militants from obtaining material for atomic bombs.
Ireland to investigate bugging of police phone calls
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland is to investigate the illegal bugging of police phone conversations that has led to calls for the justice minister to resign.
Islamist rebels seize first coastal village in north Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamist rebels captured a village on Syria’s Mediterranean coast for the first time and battled to hold territory abutting the nearby Turkish border taken from President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, activists said on Tuesday.
Arab summit struggles to heal rifts, stave off ‘enormous’ peril
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Warning of “enormous” dangers, Kuwait urged fellow Arab leaders on Tuesday to resolve disputes complicating crises such as Syria’s war and unrest in Egypt, but diplomats said tensions bubbled behind the scenes at an annual heads of s…
Arab summit struggles to heal rifts, stave off ‘enormous’ peril
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Warning of “enormous” dangers, Kuwait urged fellow Arab leaders on Tuesday to resolve disputes complicating crises such as Syria’s war and unrest in Egypt, but diplomats said tensions bubbled behind the scenes at an annual heads of s…
Support for Quebec separatists sinks as election nears: poll
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The governing separatist Parti Quebecois would lose next month’s Quebec provincial election if it were held now, a poll released on Tuesday showed, a casualty of renewed concentration during the campaign on the issue of independence …
Taliban gunmen storm election office near Afghan presidential candidate’s home
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked an election commission office in Kabul next to the home of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday, rattling nerves in the Afghan capital less than two weeks before an important elect…
Tuareg leader to Mali government: start talks or risk new revolt
DAKAR (Reuters) – The leader of a new armed group in Mali’s troubled north said the central government in Bamako could face another uprising of his Tuareg people if it resists pressure to launch long-delayed talks on the region’s future.
Exclusive: South African military in ‘critical decline’, review says
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s cash-strapped armed forces are in a “critical state of decline” that will take at least a decade to fix even with urgent action, according to a military strategy review seen by Reuters.
Doubts surface on Gaza destination of rockets seized by Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Some U.S. intelligence analysts and Middle East security officials believe that a rocket shipment seized by the Israeli navy in the Red Sea this month was destined for the Egyptian Sinai and not for the Gaza Strip, as Israel says….
