Suspected al Qaeda gunmen kill two officers in southern Yemen
ADEN (Reuters) – Suspected al Qaeda militants shot dead two senior officers in Yemen’s security services on Friday, security sources said, in the latest of a wave of such attacks.
Egyptian protester killed as thousands demonstrate
CAIRO (Reuters) – One person was killed on Friday in the Egyptian province of Damietta during protests called by the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies against Egypt’s army-backed government, a medical official said.
Putin says he and Obama still at odds on Syria, blames attack on rebels
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he and U.S. President Barack Obama stuck to their positions over Syria but listened to each other during a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit on Friday and are lo…
Obama says values France’s strong support for U.S. action on Syria
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he values the strong support from French President Francois Hollande for action against Syria for a chemical weapons attack.
Obama, Putin no closer on Syria after one-on-one talk: Kremlin
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for 20 minutes on the sidelines of a G20 summit on Friday but remained at odds over the conflict in Syria, Putin’s senior foreign policy adviser said.
U.N. envoy, Russia say striking Syria would hurt chance for peace
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russia and the international peace envoy for Syria warned on Friday that U.S. military action against Syria would be illegal without U.N. Security Council approval and would undermine the chances for a political soluti…
Egypt to dissolve Brotherhood NGO, official says
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed authorities have decided to annul the Muslim Brotherhood’s non-governmental organization, an official said on Friday, widening a drive to neutralize the movement behind deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi.
EU, Iran to prepare nuclear diplomacy during U.N. meeting
VILNIUS (Reuters) – The European Union and Iran will discuss a resumption of nuclear negotiations during a United Nations gathering this month, possibly setting a date for a new round of talks aimed ultimately at preventing a new Middle East war.
Turkey says almost all G20 leaders support operation against Syria
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday almost all leaders at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg accepted the need for an operation to be carried out against Syria following a chemical weapons attack there last mon…
Taliban-linked militant killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A senior militant commander linked to the kidnap of a U.S. soldier was killed on Friday in a suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s ethnic Pashtun tribal region on the Afghan border, security and militant sources said….
