Obama says Syria deal must be ‘verifiable and enforceable’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday he hopes talks on a plan to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons are successful, but said he will insist any deal is “verifiable and enforceable.”
Central African Republic president dissolves rebel alliance
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s new president said on Friday he was dissolving the rebel alliance that swept him to power, a group that has since been blamed for a wave of violence.
Russian-U.S. talks on Syria will continue on Saturday: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will continue their Geneva talks on Syria on Saturday, Russian state news agency RIA quoted an unnamed source within the Russian delegation as saying late …
Across enemy lines, wounded Syrians seek Israeli care
NAHARIYA, Israel (Reuters) – Not a hundred miles from Damascus, a Syrian rebel lies in a hospital bed, an Israeli sentry at the door. Nearby a Syrian mother sits next to her daughter, shot in the back by a sniper.
Grenade blast in Rwandan capital kills one: police
KIGALI (Reuters) – One person was killed and 14 wounded in a grenade blast in a market in the Rwandan capital on Friday, police said, the latest in string of such attacks over the past few years.
Syrian opposition to choose PM in push for credibility
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Syrian opposition coalition will appoint a provisional prime minister on Saturday to raise its international credibility as high-stakes diplomacy plays out between Washington and Moscow to resolve Syria’s two and a half year ci…
Lithuania summons Russian ambassador over new border checks
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania made a formal protest to Russia on Friday over supplementary border checks imposed over the last month that are hampering trade as the countries spar over trade relations with Ukraine.
Britain strains coalition by dropping Lords reform
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s junior government partners said on Monday the ruling coalition had entered new territory after they were forced into a humiliating climbdown by Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives over reform of the upper chamber o…
French groups file legal complaint against Bashar al-Assad’s uncle
PARIS (Reuters) – Two anti-corruption organisations filed a legal complaint on Friday against the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad alleging he acquired some of his assets in France illegally, an official at the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
Russia says U.S. and U.N. agree Syria needs political solution
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi agreed at a Geneva meeting on Friday that only a political solution could end the violence in Syria, Russia’s Foreign Ministry …
