Georgian leader vows integration with EU, better ties with Russia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili said he was ready to mend ties with Russia strained under his predecessor by a brief war and by trade disputes, but stood by the ex-Soviet state’s pro-Western course at his inauguration on Su…
Three killed in shelling in troubled north Yemen town, Salafis say
SANAA (Reuters) – Three people were killed on Sunday when Shi’ite Houthi rebels shelled a school in a northern Yemeni town where sectarian fighting has killed more than 100 people, a spokesman for a hardline Sunni Muslim group said.
France’s Hollande assures Israel on Iran nuclear deal
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande assured Israel on Sunday that France would continue to oppose an easing of economic sanctions against Iran until it was convinced Tehran had ended a pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Iran points to possible way round nuclear sticking point
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has the right to enrich uranium, but does not insist others recognize that right, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Sunday, in what could be a way around one of the main sticking points between Tehran and world powers in ta…
Insight: Boko Haram, taking to hills, seize slave ‘brides’
ABUJA (Reuters) – In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife pressed to her throat by a man who gave her a choice – convert to Islam or die.
Analysis: New climate of pragmatism prevails in U.S.-Cuba relations
MIAMI/HAVANA (Reuters) – U.S. relations with Cuba have undergone a surprise warming in recent months, raising expectations of possible agreements to bring the two countries closer after more than 50 years of hostility.
Syrian official says UBAF bank unlocking frozen funds for food
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Syrian bank accounts frozen abroad are gradually being freed up for use to fund food purchases, the head of Syria’s General Foreign Trade Organisation (GFTO) told Reuters on Sunday, with France being the most committed to releasin…
NATO, EU secure polling stations in vote re-run central to Kosovo accord
MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) – NATO soldiers and EU police secured polling stations in the flashpoint Kosovo town of Mitrovica on Sunday for a re-run election central to a Western-sponsored plan to end the country’s ethnic partition.
Firefighters douse North Sea cargo ship blaze
OSLO (Reuters) – Firefighters put out a blaze on a cargo ship loaded with military jet fuel early on Sunday, 13 hours after it broke out during stormy weather in the North Sea off Norway.
Kerry to visit Israel on Friday to discuss Iran deal: Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Israel on Friday to discuss a proposed deal between world powers and Iran on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
