Britain warns Scotland: Forget the pound if you walk away
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain warned Scotland on Thursday it would have to give up the pound if Scots voted to end the 307-year-old union with England, declaring the currency could not be divided up “as if it were a CD collection” after a messy divorce…
Al Shabaab car bomb hits U.N. convoy, killing seven Somalis
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – At least seven Somalis were killed when a remote-controlled bomb aimed at a United Nations convoy tore through cars and tea shops just outside the capital’s international airport on Thursday.
Islamist insurgents seize parts of north Iraq town
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Sunni Islamist insurgents took over parts of a town in northern Iraq on Thursday, local officials said, gaining further ground against the Shi’ite-led government in Baghdad, which has also lost control of another city.
Ukraine’s president demands investigation of judge’s killing
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is urging authorities to investigate the murder of a judge who placed two anti-government protesters under house arrest.
Kerry says North Korea should not link family reunions with exercises
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday military exercises with South Korea this month will be the same as drills that have been held over the years and North Korea should not link them with reunions of separated Korean fa…
Kenyan denies obstructing case against its president
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Kenya’s most senior government lawyer rejected claims on Thursday it was obstructing the International Criminal Court’s investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Foul play suspected in death of Dutch politician behind euthanasia law
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police said on Thursday they suspected foul play in the death this week of the former health minister who was behind the law that made the Netherlands the first country to legalize euthanasia, more than a decade ago.
Pakistani Taliban bomb kills 12 policemen despite peace talks
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – An explosion targeting a bus of Pakistani policemen killed 12 of them and wounded 58 near the city of Karachi on Thursday, officials said, in the latest incident of violence while the government and Pakistani Taliban are engaged i…
Ceasefire in Syria’s Homs extended: governor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A humanitarian ceasefire in the Syrian city of Homs was extended on Thursday for three more days, the city’s governor told Reuters.
Criticism of Israel by German politician angers Israeli minister
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli cabinet minister said on Thursday that Germans should beware of criticising his country, alluding to Germany’s Nazi past and pouring fuel on a dispute with a visiting politician.
