Iran, powers aim to seal deal on ending nuclear standoff
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran and six world powers were closing in on a long-elusive deal on Friday aimed at allaying international fears about Tehran’s atomic aims and reducing the risk of a new war in the volatile Middle East.
Heavy fighting rocks Libyan capital as rival militia battle
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Rival militiamen battled each other for hours with anti-aircraft guns and grenades across Tripoli on Thursday, killing at least one person and wounding 12 in the worst fighting for months in the Libyan capital, medical sources said….
Evidence supports Arafat poisoning theory, wider probe needed: experts
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – The remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat showed test results consistent with polonium poisoning and should lead to a judicial investigation even if they were not absolute proof that he died that way, Swiss exper…
Video emerges of ‘extremely inebriated’ Toronto mayor
TORONTO (Reuters) – Just days after Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologized for smoking crack cocaine, he admitted on Thursday he was “extremely, extremely inebriated” in a short expletive-laden video posted online.
Suicide bombers kill at least 16 soldiers at Iraqi base
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers blew themselves up minutes apart at an Iraqi army base late on Thursday, killing at least 16 soldiers, police and medics said.
Bachelet lead firm in Chile election, but runoff likely: IPSOS
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Front-runner Michelle Bachelet is holding onto her substantial lead ahead of Chile’s presidential election on November 17, an IPSOS survey showed on Thursday, but the pollster again suggested she won’t garner enough support to avoi…
Sudanese rebels tell world to ‘wake up’ to war
PARIS (Reuters) – The main rebel alliance fighting Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir called on the world on Thursday to “wake up” to the war, saying atrocities in Sudan were as bad as those in Syria.
United Nations needs to deal with excessive spying: Germany, Brazil
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Revelations of U.S. global spying have raised digital privacy protection questions the United Nations needs to address, Germany and Brazil said on Thursday as they introduced a resolution calling for an end to excessive elect…
Mali summons coup leader for questions over army violence
BAMAKO (Reuters) – The leader of a military coup that plunged Mali into chaos last year has been summoned for questioning over six deaths during an army protest in September, the justice ministry said on Thursday, calling the incident a “mutiny”.
Georgia’s chief prosecutor quits, cites differences on reforms
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s chief prosecutor announced his resignation on Thursday in a sign of divisions in the ruling coalition over reforms of the judiciary before a new prime minister and president take office.
