Assad’s forces break rebel siege of Aleppo prison
BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s troops broke a year-long rebel siege of Aleppo’s main prison on Thursday, cutting a main insurgent supply line and vowing to press on and recapture the whole of Syria’s biggest city.
32 people killed in three attacks on Shi’ite religious pilgrims
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thirty-two people were killed in three attacks on Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims walking in Baghdad on Thursday evening ahead of a major religious holiday, police and medical sources said.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram kills 29 in village attack: sources
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have shot dead 29 farm workers as they tilled their fields in a village in the remote northeast, a police source and witnesses said on Thursday.
U.N. report to show Iran complying with nuclear deal: diplomats
VIENNA (Reuters) – A U.N. atomic watchdog report due on Friday is likely to confirm that Iran is curbing its nuclear activities as agreed with world powers in a landmark accord last year, diplomatic sources said.
Turkish aid group opposes dropping legal action over Israeli raid
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish relief agency said on Thursday it would oppose what it called an imminent Israeli offer to pay compensation for a commando raid on its Gaza-bound aid flotilla in exchange for dropping lawsuits over the attack.
Euro zone crisis propels German immigration to 20-year high
BERLIN (Reuters) – Net immigration to Germany leapt by over 18 percent to a 20-year high in 2013, fuelled largely by migrants from euro zone debt-crisis states Italy and Spain as well as a continued influx of Poles, data from the Statistics Office show…
Vietnam PM says considering legal action against China over disputed waters
MANILA (Reuters) – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said his government was considering various “defense options” against China, including legal action, following the deployment of a Chinese oil rig to waters in the South China Sea that Hanoi …
Eyeing elections, drought-hit Sao Paulo resists water rationing
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Afranio Sobrinho has one of the most unpopular jobs in Brazil.
Tuareg separatists seize several northern towns in Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Tuareg separatists said on Thursday they had seized control of several towns in northern Mali after routing government forces in fighting that threatens to plunge the desert north back into war, but said they would respect calls for …
Balkans confronts risk of disease after devastating floods
BELGRADE/SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Serbia’s agriculture ministry appealed for chlorine bleach, quicklime and disinfectant on Thursday to stem the risk of disease after the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory.
