Syrian army fights for road needed to remove chemical weapons
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces went on the offensive on Saturday against rebels positioned along a major highway linking the capital with the coast, rebels said, a strategic road that is likely to be used to extract chemical weapons from the country….
Russian police kill suspected Volgograd bus bomber in shootout
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police killed the main suspected organizer of last month’s bombing of a bus in Volgograd and several other suspected militants in Dagestan on Saturday, Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said, confirming earlier media…
Iraqi Kurdish president in Turkey to back PM’s peace effort
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – The president of Iraqi Kurdistan called on Turkey’s Kurds to back a flagging peace process with Ankara on Saturday, making his first visit to southeastern Turkey in two decades in a show of support for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdog…
Captain without a ship: Marcos clan mayor at eye of Philippine storm
TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Minutes before a tsunami-like storm surge slammed into the Philippine coastal city of Tacloban, a tall man in a motorcycle helmet strode along the shore through ferocious typhoon winds.
Merkel ready to cede on minimum wage to secure coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled her readiness to accept the Social Democrats’ (SPD) demand for a legal minimum wage in order to secure their agreement to form a governing coalition, as negotiations enter the final stretc…
Blast in Kabul ahead of assembly on future of U.S. troops
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber rammed his car into an Afghan army vehicle providing security for a compound where Afghanistan’s political and tribal elites are due to gather next week to debate a security pact with the United States.
Aid flows to typhoon survivors as Philippines struggles to rebuild
TANAUAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Long-delayed emergency supplies flowed into the typhoon-ravaged central Philippines on Saturday, reaching desperate families who had to fend for themselves for days, as the United Nations more than doubled its estimate …
Tens of thousands rally for and against Bulgarian government
SOFIA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of opponents and supporters of Socialist-led government rallied on Saturday, underscoring the widening political divide and uncertainty in the European Union’s poorest country.
Iran averts big rise in sensitive nuclear stockpile, report shows
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran appears to have moved quickly to prevent a large increase in its most disputed nuclear stockpile, a new U.N. watchdog report indicates, in what may be an attempt not to undermine talks on a nuclear deal with six world powers nex…
Russian police kill suspected Volgograd bus bomber in shootout: media
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police killed the main suspect in last month’s bombing of a bus in Volgograd and several other suspected militants in Dagestan on Saturday, media reports said.
