U.S., China want quick, binding U.N. resolution on Syria, U.S. says
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and China strongly agree on the need for the U.N. Security Council to quickly adopt a binding resolution on eradicating Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday in remarks th…
Russia’s Putin makes plans for prison amnesty
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering a prison amnesty later this year, a gesture that could enable him to counter critics who say the courts have been used to silence his political foes.
Italian PM Letta to meet president as political crisis mounts
NEW YORK/ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta returns from a visit to New York on Friday to face the threat of a government collapse following renewed threats from Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right party to pull out of his fragile coalit…
Tunisian opposition rallies against ruling Islamists
SFAX, Tunisia (Reuters) – Thousands protested in cities across Tunisia on Thursday to call on the ruling Islamist Ennahda party to step down immediately to make way for new elections to end a stalemate with its secular opponents.
At least 29 killed in central Sudan’s worst unrest for years
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 29 people have been killed in protests in Khartoum over fuel subsidy cuts, police said on Thursday, and more clashes broke out in Khartoum in the worst unrest seen in Sudan’s central regions for years.
Arabs battle Syrian Kurds as Assad’s foes fragment
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels and al Qaeda-linked fighters clashed with Kurds in northern Syria on Thursday, activists said, in a battle for territory highlighting the country’s descent towards sectarian and ethnic fiefdoms after two years of war.
Guinea braces for long-delayed parliamentary vote
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Parliamentary elections in Guinea on Saturday officially cap the mineral-rich West African country’s return to civilian rule after a 2008 coup, but many fear that the vote could reignite violence that killed dozens of people earlier…
Maldives to hold run-off vote despite court delay: official
MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives will go ahead with a presidential election run-off on September 28, election commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek said on Thursday, despite a decision by the Supreme Court to postpone the second round following a complaint of vote …
Sudan says 29 people killed in riots
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A total of 29 people have been killed in anti-government protests in Sudan, state news agency SUNA said on Thursday, in the first official toll since the outbreak of violence on Monday.
Anti-crime effort in Puerto Rico is paying off, officials say
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – An anti-crime initiative that put more federal agents in Puerto Rico and boosted coordination with the U.S. mainland is making streets safer in both places, top U.S. and Puerto Rican law enforcement officials said on Thursday.
