Iran takes charm offensive to U.N., agrees to nuclear talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran’s new government took its diplomatic charm offensive to the United Nations on Monday and agreed to new talks on its nuclear program with top diplomats from six world powers, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Sudan police fire tear gas to end protest over fuel subsidies
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese police fired tear gas on Monday to disperse people protesting in the capital Khartoum and two other cities against the canceling of petrol subsidies by veteran President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, witnesses said.
France says urgent action needed to aid Central African Republic
NEW YORK (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Monday there was an urgent need to tackle the crisis in the Central African Republic and called for strengthening an African peacekeeping force.
France expects U.N. council to agree on Syria arms measure
UNITED NATIONS/SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Monday he expects the U.N. Security Council to agree on a resolution to enforce the chemical weapons deal with Syria and appeared to back off French calls for the measure to thr…
France expects U.N. Security Council to agree Syria resolution
NEW YORK (Reuters) – France said on Monday it expected the U.N. Security Council to agree on a resolution to enforce a chemical weapons deal with Syria and appeared to give up on its previous calls to have a resolution threatening force against Preside…
Egyptian court bans Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Monday banned deposed President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its funds seized, a crippling strike in the campaign to crush the Islamist movement.
U.S. examines Kenya information about foreign link to mall attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are urgently looking into information given by the Kenyan government that residents of Western countries, including the United States, may have been among armed militants who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall over…
Militants hold out as Kenya forces try to crush cross-border jihad
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Islamist fighters from Somalia’s al Shabaab held out at a Nairobi shopping center after killing at least 62 people, surrounded by Kenyan forces trying to crush their group’s cross-border jihad.
Kenya’s Interior Ministry says forces take over mall, all hostages freed
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan officials said early on Tuesday that their forces were “in control” of a mall in the capital where Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab launched a raid that has killed at least 62 people.
Triumphant Merkel starts tough task of seeking coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel began trying to persuade her centre-left rivals to keep her in power on Monday, after her conservatives notched up their best election result in more than two decades but fell short of an absolute majority.
