Palestinian leader urges world powers to rein in Israeli settlements
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that “time is running out” for Middle East peace efforts and urged world powers to rein in Israeli settlement construction that he said could undermine U.S.-sponsored negot…
Mali Tuareg separatists suspend participation in peace process
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Tuareg separatists pulled out of a peace agreement with the Mali government on Thursday, accusing Bamako of not respecting its commitments to a truce reached in June.
U.S. prosecutors accuse ex-Mexican governor of laundering millions
McALLEN, Texas (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have accused a former Mexican state governor of laundering stolen millions via the United States, in an unwelcome reminder for the Mexican government of corruption allegations dogging the ruling Institutional…
Kerry, Iranian foreign minister sit side-by-side at nuclear talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif joined nuclear talks with six world powers on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, taking a seat next to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
‘Shame, shame, shame’ Mugabe tells U.S. and Britain
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Thursday berated the United States and former colonial power Britain and its allies for trying to control his nation and its resources, telling them to remove their “illegal and filthy sa…
U.S., China want quick, binding U.N. resolution on Syria, U.S. says
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and China strongly agree on the need for the U.N. Security Council to quickly adopt a binding resolution on eradicating Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday in remarks th…
Russia’s Putin makes plans for prison amnesty
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering a prison amnesty later this year, a gesture that could enable him to counter critics who say the courts have been used to silence his political foes.
Italian PM Letta to meet president as political crisis mounts
NEW YORK/ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta returns from a visit to New York on Friday to face the threat of a government collapse following renewed threats from Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right party to pull out of his fragile coalit…
Tunisian opposition rallies against ruling Islamists
SFAX, Tunisia (Reuters) – Thousands protested in cities across Tunisia on Thursday to call on the ruling Islamist Ennahda party to step down immediately to make way for new elections to end a stalemate with its secular opponents.
At least 29 killed in central Sudan’s worst unrest for years
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – At least 29 people have been killed in protests in Khartoum over fuel subsidy cuts, police said on Thursday, and more clashes broke out in Khartoum in the worst unrest seen in Sudan’s central regions for years.
