Middle East water deal brings Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline one step closer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority on Monday signed a water-sharing agreement that includes the building of a desalination plant on the Gulf of Aqaba and a pilot study for a pipeline linking the Red Sea with the Dead Se…
Egypt to hold mid-January constitutional referendum: minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will hold a referendum on a new constitution in the middle of January, a government minister said on Monday.
Eight bodies, some dismembered, found on Mexican highway
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities found the bodies of eight kidnap victims, some dismembered, on a highway in the troubled southern state of Guerrero where government troops have been deployed to stem violence, officials said on Monday.
Palestinians say Kerry appeasing Israel over Iran at their expense
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A senior Palestinian official said the United States was asking Palestinians to make security concessions in peace talks with Israel in order to silence the Jewish state’s criticism of world power diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear pro…
Iran’s Zarif says nuclear deal dead if U.S. passes new sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said the Iranian nuclear deal would be dead if the U.S. Congress imposes new sanctions, even if they do not take effect for six months, Time Magazine said on Monday.
U.N. experts urge Iraq to probe fate of missing Iranian dissidents
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A United Nations group urged Iraq on Monday to swiftly investigate the disappearance of seven Iranian dissidents who vanished in September after a deadly attack on the Iranians’ camp near Baghdad.
Chinese hackers spied on Europeans before G20 meeting: researcher
BOSTON (Reuters) – Chinese hackers eavesdropped on the computers of five European foreign ministries before last September’s G20 Summit, which was dominated by the Syrian crisis, according to research by computer security firm FireEye Inc
Mexico Senate panels OK energy reform; leftists oppose
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican Senate committees on Monday gave general approval to a draft energy bill allowing private investment in the world’s No. 10 oil producer in what would be the biggest opening of the state-controlled sector in its 75-year h…
Friend and foe, world leaders coming together for Mandela
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Nearly 90 leaders from across the world, some of them locked in enmity, are flying to South Africa for memorials to Nelson Mandela that will hail one of humanity’s great peacemakers.
Exclusive: Russia signs deal to forgive $29 billion of Cuba’s Soviet-era debt – diplomats
HAVANA (Reuters) – Russia and Cuba have quietly signed an agreement to write off 90 percent of Cuba’s $32 billion debt to the defunct Soviet Union, a deal that ends a 20-year squabble and opens the way for more investment and trade, Russian and Europea…
