Last-minute drama as Afghan presidential front-runners sign up
KABUL (Reuters) – Three men considered front runners in Afghanistan’s presidential election staged dramatic last-minute nominations on Sunday, the start of what is expected to be a chaotic but critical race for the palace in the first democratic transf…
Britain’s Cameron faces party battle over EU referendum
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s control over his own party looks set to be challenged after a rebel lawmaker on Sunday launched a campaign to bring forward a planned referendum on European Union membership to next year.
Iran calls for new offer from world powers before talks
DUBAI (Reuters) – World powers negotiating with Tehran over its disputed nuclear program must come up with new proposals before talks in Geneva on October 15-16, Iran’s foreign minister said.
Japanese author, Pakistani teenage activist tipped for Nobels
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Pakistani teenage activist shot by the Taliban and a Japanese author who writes about alienation and a fractured modern world are tipped as Nobel Prize winners ahead of the annual awards that start on Monday.
Orthodox Christians mark 1,700th anniversary of edict of tolerance
NIS, Serbia (Reuters) – Eight Orthodox Christian leaders, dignitaries from other faiths, politicians and thousands of others on Sunday celebrated the anniversary of the Edict of Milan, which established toleration for Christianity in the Roman Empire 1…
Libya’s PM demands explanation for U.S. raid in Tripoli
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Sunday asked U.S. authorities to explain a military raid in Tripoli to capture a Libyan man wanted for bombing U.S. embassies in Africa 15 years ago, his office said.
Muslim Brotherhood supporter killed in clash in Egypt: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – A supporter of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was killed and at least two were wounded during a clash with police in a town south of Cairo on Sunday, security and medical sources said.
U.N. Syria peace envoy Brahimi says again that Geneva talks not a certainty
PARIS (Reuters) – United Nations peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, repeated on Sunday that it is not certain that peace talks will take place in mid-November in Geneva as planned.
U.N. Syria peace envoy Brahimi says again that Geneva talks not a certainty
PARIS (Reuters) – United Nations peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, repeated on Sunday that it is not certain that peace talks will take place in mid-November in Geneva as planned.
Divers recover 10 more migrants’ bodies from Sicily wreck
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) – Divers began the recovery of dozens of migrants’ bodies on Sunday from a boat that sank last week off the coast of Sicily in one of the worst such disasters to hit people fleeing violence, poverty and oppression in Africa.
