West, Iran activate landmark nuclear deal
VIENNA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Iran has halted its most sensitive nuclear operations under a preliminary deal with world powers, winning some relief from economic sanctions on Monday in a ground-breaking exchange that could ease a threat of war.
Italy’s Renzi outlines electoral reform plan, defies critics
ROME (Reuters) – Italian center-left leader Matteo Renzi promised on Monday to reform an electoral system blamed for creating chronic political deadlock, defying party critics who had attacked him for sealing a deal on the proposals with arch-enemy Sil…
Ukrainian leader urges dialogue after street battles
KIEV (Reuters) – President Viktor Yanukovich, reeling from the worst violence for decades in the Ukrainian capital, appealed for compromise on Monday as police and demonstrators clashed again in the streets.
Kerry to meet Israeli, Palestinian negotiators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Israeli negotiators in Washington on Monday and Palestinian officials later next week in U.S.-brokered peace talks to end their decades-long conflict, the State Department said.
South Sudan says retakes oil state capital Malakal, rebels deny
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s president said his soldiers had seized the regional capital Malakal back from rebels on Monday, a report dismissed by insurgents battling in the world’s newest country.
Al Qaeda offshoot imposes strict Islamic rules in north Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A group linked to al Qaeda, emboldened by its recent victory over rival rebels in Syria, has imposed sweeping restrictions on personal freedoms in the northern province of Raqqa as it seeks to consolidate control over the region.
Sixteen killed by twin bombs at Syria-Turkey border post
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two car bombs hit a rebel-held post on the Syrian border with Turkey on Monday, killing at least 16 people and closing the frontier, opposition activists and fighters said.
Warnings of economic boycott rile Israeli minister
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Economy Minister Naftali Bennett dismissed on Monday a growing chorus of alarm that Israeli business will face international isolation if peace talks with the Palestinians fail.
Nigerian Islamists kill 18, burn houses in northeast
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Islamist militants stormed a village in remote northeast Nigeria on Monday, torching houses and spraying them with bullets in an attack that killed 18 people, witnesses said.
Serbia to reconsider labor law in face of union opposition
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s government, facing union opposition, said on Monday it would look again at draft legislation to liberalize the labor market, a move likely to further stoke concern among investors over the coalition’s commitment to reform….
