Obama says U.S. remains prepared to act on Syria if diplomacy fails
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama welcomed a U.S.-Russian accord on Saturday aimed at getting control of Syrian chemical weapons and warned that if diplomacy fails the United States remains prepared to act.
U.S. military forces still in position for possible Syria strikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Saturday that U.S. military forces were still positioned for possible military strikes on Syria, at least for now, even after a U.S.-Russia agreement on destroying Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal.
Egypt detains Turkish citizen on charges of espionage: report
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has detained a Turkish citizen on suspicion of spying and collusion with the Muslim Brotherhood, the state news agency MENA said on Saturday.
Suicide bomber kills 21 at funeral in northern Iraq’s Nineveh
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least 21 people at the funeral of a member of Iraq’s Shabak minority in the northern province of Nineveh on Saturday, security and medical sources said.
Hundreds of fleeing Syrian refugees reach Italian coast
ROME (Reuters) – Hundreds of Syrian refugees have been rescued in rough seas and brought to Italy’s southern coast in the last 24 hours, the Italian coastguard said on Saturday.
Britain’s Hague welcomes Russia-U.S. Syria deal
LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Saturday welcomed a deal between Russia and the United States to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons and said urgent work would now take place to implement the plan.
Syrian rebel leader says U.S.-Russian deal a blow to uprising
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The head of the opposition Syrian Supreme Military Council said on Saturday a U.S.-Russian agreement to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons was a blow to the two-and-a-half-year uprising to remove President Bashar al-Assad from powe…
New Philippines fighting derails ceasefire; top leaders meet in affected city
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Fighting intensified on Saturday in the southern Philippines between government troops and rogue Muslim separatists, shattering a ceasefire almost immediately as it was to go into effect and leaving many resident…
Tribesmen blow up Yemen’s main oil export pipeline: government official
ADEN (Reuters) – Tribesmen bombed Yemen’s main oil pipeline in the central Maarib province on Saturday, a government official said, the fourth attack on the pipeline in a month.
France hails Syria deal as step forward
PARIS (Reuters) – France welcomed a deal on Saturday between Russia and the United States on destroying Syria’s chemical weapons as an “important step forward” and said that talks on Monday in Paris would focus on its implementation.
