U.S. says talks intense, serious after Iran hints at atomic concessions
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States described two days of nuclear negotiations with Iran as the most serious and candid to date after Western diplomats said Tehran hinted it was ready to scale back sensitive atomic activities to secure urgent sanction…
British lawmakers attack government “timidity” over Sri Lanka
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s decision to set aside worries about Sri Lanka’s human rights record and back its selection as host of a Commonwealth leaders’ meeting showed a lack of principle, a panel of lawmakers said on Thursday.
Canada to grant honorary citizenship to Malala Yousafzai
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, will be granted honorary Canadian citizenship, the Canadian government announced on Wednesday.
Minibus blast kills 21 in southern Syria: activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Twenty-one people, including four children and six women, were killed when a minibus hit a mine in the southern Syrian town of Noa on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.
U.N. appeals for more troops, helicopters for Mali mission
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for more troops and helicopters needed so its peacekeeping mission in Mali can effectively stabilize the north of the country and protect civilians from attacks by Islamist extremist a…
Iraq’s al-Maliki to meet with Obama November 1: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet with Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the White House on November 1, the White House said on Wednesday.
Russian opposition leader Navalny avoids jail, vows defiance
KIROV, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s chief political opponent walked free from a Russian court on Wednesday after it suspended his five-year sentence for theft, and said he could never be “hounded” out of political life.
Murder suspects held in Qatar after British teacher’s body found
DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar has arrested suspects over the murder of a European woman, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday, after a British school teacher was found dead in the Gulf Arab state.
Mexico finds wreckage of missing small plane, 14 dead
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican officials in the northwestern Baja California peninsula said on Wednesday they had found the remains of a small aircraft that went missing on Monday, and said all 14 people aboard were killed.
Lao Airlines plane crashes into Mekong river, killing 44
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Lao Airlines plane flying in stormy weather crashed into the Mekong river in southern Laos on Wednesday, killing all 44 people on board, among them nationals of 10 countries.
