Muslim Brotherhood supporter killed in clash in Egypt: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – A supporter of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was killed and at least two were wounded during a clash with police in a town south of Cairo on Sunday, security and medical sources said.
U.N. Syria peace envoy Brahimi says again that Geneva talks not a certainty
PARIS (Reuters) – United Nations peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, repeated on Sunday that it is not certain that peace talks will take place in mid-November in Geneva as planned.
U.N. Syria peace envoy Brahimi says again that Geneva talks not a certainty
PARIS (Reuters) – United Nations peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, repeated on Sunday that it is not certain that peace talks will take place in mid-November in Geneva as planned.
Divers recover 10 more migrants’ bodies from Sicily wreck
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) – Divers began the recovery of dozens of migrants’ bodies on Sunday from a boat that sank last week off the coast of Sicily in one of the worst such disasters to hit people fleeing violence, poverty and oppression in Africa.
Support for Spain’s government grows as graft scandal recedes: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s ruling center-right People’s Party (PP) would beat its socialist rival in an election as a corruption scandal involving party members dies down, an opinion poll in El Pais newspaper showed on Sunday.
China’s Xi says political solution for Taiwan can’t wait forever
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told a senior envoy from self-ruled Taiwan on Sunday that a political solution to a standoff over sovereignty lasting more than six decades cannot be postponed forever, drawing a cool, non-co…
Iran says four arrested for trying to sabotage nuclear site
DUBAI (Reuters) – At least four people have been arrested in Iran for trying to sabotage a nuclear site, an Iranian official was quoted by Iranian media as saying on Sunday.
Failure to reform army clouds Bissau’s bid to turn page on coup
BISSAU (Reuters) – Under pressure from Western donors, Guinea-Bissau is struggling to organize elections to turn the page on a military coup but many in the West African country say a failure to reform the army means a new government will be vulnerable…
Egypt releases two Canadians detained at August protests
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed authorities released two Canadians held without charge since political clashes in mid-August, a statement released by the Canadian foreign affairs department said.
As Obama’s Asia ‘pivot’ falters, China steps into the gap
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – When then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared two years ago “We are back to stay” as a power in Asia, the most dramatic symbol of the policy shift was the planned deployment of 2,500 U.S. Marines in northern Austra…
