Obama meets with Dalai Lama, upsetting China
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – President Barack Obama held low-key talks with the Dalai Lama on Friday, prompting the Chinese government to ask why the White House ignored Beijing’s warnings that the meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader wou…
Libyan official, patients killed as military plane crashes in Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) – An Islamist official in Libya’s government and 10 other passengers and crew were killed when a military plane carrying medical patients crashed near Tunisia’s capital early on Friday, officials said.
Junior coalition partner poised to quit Cyprus government
NICOSIA (Reuters) – A junior partner in Cyprus’s center-right government said on Saturday it was poised to quit the coalition in disagreement over a decision to restart peace talks on the ethnically split island.
From jail, Venezuela protest leader urges resistance
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s jailed protest leader urged supporters on Friday to keep demonstrating peacefully against President Nicolas Maduro despite violence that has killed at least six people and rocked the OPEC member nation.
From jail, Venezuela protest leader urges resistance
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s jailed protest leader urged supporters on Friday to keep demonstrating peacefully against President Nicolas Maduro despite violence that has killed at least six people and rocked the OPEC member nation.
Cyprus junior coalition partner poised to quit government
NICOSIA (Reuters) – A junior partner in Cyprus’s center-right government said it was poised to quit the coalition in disagreement over a decision to restart peace talks on the ethnically-split island.
Ukraine peace deal halts violence but crowds still angry
KIEV (Reuters) – A breakthrough peace deal for Ukraine halted two days of violence that had turned the center of the capital into a war zone and killed 77 people, bringing sweeping political change that met many demands of the pro-European opposition.
U.N. Security Council considering targeted sanctions in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council is considering a draft resolution to impose travel bans and asset freezes on people in Yemen who obstruct or undermine the country’s political transition and those who commit human rights violations….
Italy’s Renzi to be sworn in Saturday after unveiling cabinet
ROME (Reuters) – Italian center-left leader Matteo Renzi promised on Friday to start work on reforms immediately, after he named a new cabinet and formally accepted the mandate to form an administration he said would stay in place until 2018.
Syria submits new 100-day plan for removal of chemical weapons
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syria has submitted a new 100-day plan for the removal of its chemical weapons after failing to meet a February 5 deadline, but the international mission overseeing the operation believes it can be done in a shorter time fram…
