EU pledges aid to Central Africa Republic, urges donor action
BANGUI (Reuters) – The European Union is to increase its aid to Central African Republic to tackle a humanitarian crisis gripping the impoverished nation since rebels seized power in March.
Six powers to meet to discuss Iran nuclear dispute
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will host a meeting of senior officials from six major powers in Brussels next Tuesday to discuss how to move forward nuclear negotiations with Iran following the election of a n…
Luxembourg’s Juncker resigns as spy scandal fells government
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The Luxembourg government resigned on Thursday, brought down by a spying and corruption scandal that shook the tiny country better known for wealthy bankers than political intrigue.
Bosnia reburies Srebrenica dead 18 years after massacre
POTOCARI, Bosnia (Reuters) – Bosnia reburied another 409 victims of the Srebrenica massacre on Thursday but, 18 years after Europe’s worst atrocity since the Holocaust, the country remains mired in ethnic disputes long after other parties to the confli…
U.S. says believes it will strike deal with Afghans on troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes it will strike a deal with Afghanistan that will allow some American troops to stay in the country beyond 2014, when the NATO combat mission ends, the top U.S. diplomat on Afghanistan told Congress on T…
Mursi’s fall in Egypt comforts Saudis, disconcerts Qatar
RIYADH/DOHA (Reuters) – The $12 billion in aid Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait offered Egypt this week showed their delight at the army’s ousting of President Mohamed Mursi in a reversal for Islamists empowered by the Arab ferment of …
Bomb kills two near mosque in Pakistan as attacks spread
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A motorcycle packed with explosives blew up outside a mosque frequented by both Sunni and Shi’ite worshippers in Pakistan’s volatile northwest on Thursday, as the month-old government struggled to curb a rising tide of at…
Exiled dissidents claim Iran building new nuclear site
PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) – An exiled opposition group said on Thursday it had obtained information about a secret underground nuclear site under construction in Iran, without specifying what kind of atomic activity it believed would be carried out there….
Judges reinstate second genocide charge for Karadzic
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic must stand trial on two counts of genocide, appeals judges at a war crimes court in The Hague said on Thursday, reinstating one count that had been struck down.
Greeks protest job cuts, unemployment hits new high
ATHENS (Reuters) – From police to garbage collectors, Greek municipal workers took to the streets of Athens for a fourth day running on Thursday to protest against government plans to slash public sector jobs, while unemployment figures hit a new high….
