U.S. will seek triggers to reimpose sanctions on Iran: Rice
HONOLULU (Reuters) – The United States and its allies will have ways to reimpose sanctions on Iran if the Islamic Republic is caught making bombs after striking a deal to freeze its nuclear program, national security adviser Susan Rice said on Sunday.
Bomb explodes on Israeli bus, no one hurt – police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A bomb that Israeli authorities suspect was planted by Palestinian militants exploded in a bus near Tel Aviv on Sunday after passengers were evacuated, and police said no one was hurt.
Egypt jails key figures of 2011 uprising
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three leading figures of Egypt’s 2011 uprising were jailed for three years each on Sunday for their role in recent protests, as the army-backed authorities intensified a crackdown on dissent.
Fears grow of civil war in South Sudan as rebels seize town
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s government said on Sunday rebels had seized the capital of a key oil-producing region and fears grew of all-out ethnic civil war in the world’s newest country.
Protesters gather across Thai capital, demand PM resigns
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators massed peacefully across Thailand’s capital on Sunday in their latest bid to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra before a February election the main opposition party will boyc…
UK minister calls for review of ‘Help to Buy’ scheme
(Reuters) – The UK’s business minister has called for a rethink of the government’s “Help to Buy” scheme because of concerns over a housing boom in London and South East England.
Syrian helicopter bomb raids kill 42 in Aleppo: monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 42 people, including children, were killed on Sunday when Syrian army helicopters dropped improvised “barrel bombs” in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitoring group said.
Bomb explodes on Israeli bus, no one hurt: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A bomb that Israeli authorities suspect was planted by Palestinian militants exploded in a bus near Tel Aviv on Sunday after passengers were evacuated, and police said no one was hurt.
Suicide bomber kills seven outside Libya’s Benghazi
BARSIS, Libya (Reuters) – A suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives at an army checkpoint outside the city of Benghazi on Sunday, killing 13 soldiers in the first such attack in Libya’s deepening turmoil.
World powers and Iran pause nuclear talks for Christmas
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Six world powers and Iran have suspended their expert-level talks on implementing a landmark nuclear deal until after Christmas, a spokeswoman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Sunday.
