Iran rejects U.S. action in Iraq, ISIL tightens Syria border grip
ANBAR Iraq (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove towards Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border.
Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz easily re-elected in boycotted vote
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has won another five-year term with 82 percent of the vote, officials said on Sunday, after an election boycotted by most of the opposition.
Polish foreign minister called ties to U.S. ‘worthless’: report
WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish news magazine said on Sunday it had obtained a secret recording of Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, in contention for a senior European Union job, saying that Poland’s relationship with the United States was worthless.
Libya approves overdue budget as eastern oil port reopens
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s parliament approved the overdue 2014 budget worth $47 billion on Sunday, drawing on reserves to offset a dramatic loss of oil revenue after almost a year of protests at major ports.
Yemen seals truce with Shi’ite rebels after clashes in capital
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s defense ministry and Shi’ite rebels agreed a ceasefire on Sunday after clashes which have shaken the capital Sanaa and its outskirts, the country’s official 26 September newspaper said.
Equipped with Humvees, ISIL clashes with rivals in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (ISIL) battled with rival opposition fighters in northern Syria on Sunday, using U.S.-made military vehicles captured from neighboring Iraq for the first time, a monitoring group said.
Kosovo Albanians torch cars, police fire rubber bullets in divided town
MITROVICA Kosovo (Reuters) – Police in Kosovo fired teargas and rubber bullets on Sunday at ethnic Albanian rioters burning police cars and lobbing rocks in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, in protest at the blockade of the main bridge by ethn…
Egypt to set rules next month for parliamentary vote
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced on Sunday that procedures that would pave the way for a parliamentary election would start before July 18, state television reported.
Two Palestinians killed as Israel hunts missing teenagers
RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed two Palestinians on Sunday, Palestinian medics and a militant group said, as Israel pressed on with its crackdown on Hamas, the Islamist group it accuses of abducting three Israeli teenagers.
U.S. wants inclusive Iraq but won’t choose its rulers: Kerry
CAIRO (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the United States wanted Iraqis to find an inclusive leadership to contain a sweeping Islamist insurgency but Washington would not pick or choose who rules in Baghdad.
