Libya asks U.N. Security Council for help protecting oil, airports
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Libya asked the U.N. Security Council on Thursday for help protecting its oil installations, oil export ports and civil airports, warning that without more international assistance the North African oil producer could become …
Israeli PM orders ground offensive in Gaza: official statement
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday instructed the military to begin a ground offensive in Gaza, an official statement from his office said.
Baghdad blast claimed by Islamic State, suicide car bomb kill nine
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State militant group killed three people on Thursday in the centre of Baghdad and a second bomb outside the Iraqi capital killed six people, police and medics said.
Islamist group claims attack that killed French soldier in Mali
DAKAR/ABIDJAN (Reuters) – An armed Islamist group formed by al Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide bombing this week that killed a French soldier in northern Mali.
Nine seriously injured in French train collision
PARIS (Reuters) – Nine people were seriously injured on Thursday when a high-speed train and a regional train collided in southeastern France on Thursday, a local French prefectural official said.
German foreign ministry says U.S. top spy has left the country
BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA station chief in Berlin who was told to leave by Germany due to new allegations of U.S. spying has now left the country, a spokesman for Germany’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Putin denies Russia to reopen Soviet-era spy post in Cuba
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied reports that Russia plans to reopen a Soviet-era base in Cuba from which it once spied on the United States.
Militants kill 14 Tunisian soldiers in mountain ambush
TUNIS (Reuters) – At least 14 Tunisian soldiers were killed when dozens of gunmen with rocket-propelled grenades attacked two checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains, one of the deadliest militant strikes on the north African country’s armed forces…
China, Brazil close plane, finance, infrastructure deals
BRASILIA (Reuters) – China and Brazil sealed their expanding commercial partnership on Thursday with a $5 billion credit line for Brazilian miner Vale and the purchase of 60 passenger jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer.
West considers early sanctions moves in troubled Iran nuclear talks
BRUSSELS/VIENNA (Reuters) – With talks between world powers and Iran over a broad nuclear accord at an impasse, Western governments are considering offering a significant easing of sanctions early on in the process to try to wring concessions from Tehr…
