Yemen says air strike targeted al Qaeda leaders
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen said senior al Qaeda militants were targeted in Thursday’s air strike in al-Bayda province, the first government statement on an incident which local officials said killed 15 people on their way to a wedding.
Kerry says U.S. has not abandoned ex-FBI agent missing in Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States has not abandoned a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran six years ago and that he personally has raised the issue, according to an interview with ABC News.
Senator McCain meets Ukrainian protest leaders amid rival rallies
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain met Ukrainian opposition leaders in Kiev on Saturday and voiced support for protesters camped out for weeks in the capital, a move sure to anger Moscow for what it sees as Western meddling in its backyard.
Suspected grenade attack on Kenyan bus kills four: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A suspected grenade attack on a minibus in Kenya’s capital on Saturday killed at least four people near a Somali-dominated area of the city, police said, an incident that mirrors explosions last year that were blamed on Somali milit…
Austria’s Freedom aims to enlarge Eurosceptic bloc
VIENNA (Reuters) – A core of six Eurosceptic parties is aiming to win over another four right-wing parties to create a new political group in the EU parliament, the leader of Austria’s Freedom Party said.
Popular support falling for French CAR military operation: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Domestic support for a French peacekeeping operation in Central African Republic has fallen quickly since the deaths of two young soldiers, a poll showed on Saturday.
Task force gathers for Syria chemical weapons pickup
LIMASSOL, Cyprus (Reuters) – A Danish-led task force was being readied in Cyprus on Saturday to remove the first part of Syria’s deadly chemical stockpile, due before the end of this year.
Viking Line ferry runs aground off Finland
HELSINKI (Reuters) – A ferry carrying 1,945 passengers from Finland to Sweden ran aground on Saturday after its steering system failed due to an electrical outage, the ship’s operator, Viking Line, said.
Two peacekeepers killed as suicide bomb hits bank in northern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed two Senegalese U.N. peacekeepers and destroyed the only operating bank in the northern Malian town of Kidal on Saturday, one day before a second round of parliamentary elections.
Sweden: No reason why EU Iran sanctions will not be eased in January
MONACO (Reuters) – There is no reason why the European Union could not relax some sanctions on Iran in January as part of an interim deal between Tehran and major powers to curb its nuclear program, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Saturday….
