EU sees big gaps in nuclear talks but Iran ‘commitment’ to deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – Positions between Iran and world powers diverge widely in some areas but Iranian negotiators seem “very committed” to reach an agreement on the country’s disputed nuclear program, a senior EU official said in an email seen by Reuters…
Town that withstood wartime siege shows the way in troubled Bosnia
GORAZDE, Bosnia (Reuters) – The people of Gorazde pride themselves on their resilience, forged during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Gorazde survived while other Muslim Bosniak enclaves in the country’s east, Srebrenica most notoriously, fell to separatist Serb…
Taliban suicide attack on Afghan police station kills 11
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters killed at least 11 people and wounded 22 in a suicide bomb attack and gunbattle at a police station in Afghanistan’s eastern Jalalabad city early on Thursday morning, according to police and health of…
Losses for Hollande, far right gains expected in French town-hall vote
PARIS/MARSEILLE (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande’s Socialists fear heavy mid-term losses that could jeopardize reforms and the far-right National Front is seen making major gains when voters elect mayors in towns and villages across France from …
Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to ‘ban the ban’ on his electoral film
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to “ban a ban” imposed on his party’s main campaign video after electoral authorities blocked it for misusing national symbols.
Former top China army officer under house arrest in graft probe: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – A top retired Chinese general has been put under virtual house arrest while he assists with an investigation into the military’s worst corruption scandal in almost a decade, two sources said, an indication the probe might be expandi…
Two members of security forces killed in attack in southern Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) – Two members of the security forces were killed on Thursday in the southern Turkish province of Nigde when gunmen opened fire from a truck, local news agencies reported.
Abbas asks U.S. help to free jailed Palestinian leader Barghouti
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Washington to mediate with Israel for the release of Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian leader and possible presidential contender jailed a decade ago over a spate of suicide bo…
Mali’s former coup leader starts hunger strike over detention
BAMAKO (Reuters) – The leader of a military coup that plunged Mali into chaos two years ago and allowed Islamists to seize its desert north has started a hunger strike to protest against the conditions of his detention, legal and military sources said …
Scores of Syrian rebels flee into Lebanon after ambush
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Dozens of wounded Syrian rebels crossed over a river into Lebanon on Thursday after government soldiers ambushed them as they tried to flee a besieged area, Lebanese medical sources said.
