Russia says West exploiting Syria deal to threaten force
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused the West on Sunday of trying to exploit a chemical weapons deal with Syria to push through a U.N. resolution threatening force against President Bashar al-Assad.
Israeli soldier killed in West Bank shooting
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli soldier was shot dead on Sunday during a Jewish festival in the West Bank city of Hebron, a hotbed of tensions where some 500 Israeli settler families live among 100,000 Palestinians.
Syrian opposition group says it willing to attend Geneva talks
AMMAN (Reuters) – The head of the Syrian National Coalition has said the group is ready to attend a proposed Geneva conference to end the civil war, if the talks aim to establish a transitional government.
Venezuela arrests three soldiers over 1.3-tonne Air France cocaine haul
CARACAS/PARIS (Reuters) – Venezuela has arrested three National Guard officials for alleged involvement in smuggling 1.3 tonnes of cocaine on an Air France flight from Caracas to Paris, the South American nation’s public prosecutor’s office said on Sun…
Analysis: Nairobi attack may trigger tighter security at malls worldwide
(Reuters) – The deadly attack on a high-end Nairobi shopping mall on Saturday put the safety of malls around the world into the spotlight and could trigger moves to improve security and make it more visible.
Victorious Merkel must reach out to leftist rivals
BERLIN (Reuters) – Despite leading her conservatives to their strongest election result in over two decades, German Chancellor Angela Merkel now faces the unsavory prospect of having to court her arch-rivals on the left to maintain her grip on power.
Merkel romps to victory but faces tough coalition choices
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel won a landslide personal victory in Germany’s general election on Sunday, but her conservatives appeared just short of the votes needed to rule on their own and may have to convince leftist rivals to join a coalition go…
Islamist gunmen hold hostages in Kenya siege after 68 killed
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya said its security forces were in control of most of the Nairobi shopping mall where at least 68 people were killed by Somali al Shabaab Islamists, but gunmen still appeared to be holding hostages as the siege entered its third…
Suicide bombers kill 78 Christians outside Pakistani church
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a 130-year-old Anglican church in Pakistan after Sunday Mass, killing at least 78 people in the deadliest attack on Christians in the predominantly Muslim country.
German euroskeptics on the rise, liberals in decline
BERLIN (Reuters) – A new anti-euro party narrowly missed entering parliament in a German election on Sunday, drawing millions of voters with a euroskeptic message that may have laid the foundations for a strong challenge in a European Parliament vote n…
