Taliban attack police in previously peaceful Afghan north
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters have attacked police in northern Afghanistan, government officials said on Thursday, though they gave different accounts of the severity of the attack.
Military option on Syria must remain open: NATO chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The option of carrying out a military strike or similar operation in Syria must be kept open as a way of dealing with the crisis, the secretary-general of the NATO military alliance said on Thursday.
Attacks on journalists threaten Yemeni freedom: Human Rights Watch
SANAA (Reuters) – A spate of attacks on journalists in Yemen, including an unsolved murder, threaten to undermine the growth of media freedoms as the U.S.-backed government enacts pro-democracy reforms, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
Anti-euro party could enter German parliament: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – For the first time a new German anti-euro party has cleared the 5 percent threshold for entering parliament in an opinion poll, indicating Chancellor Angela Merkel might be unable to repeat her center-right coalition after Sunday’s e…
Two bombs defused on Cairo metro: report
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian explosives experts defused two primitive bombs planted on the Cairo metro line on Thursday, the state news agency reported, causing a partial closure of the network.
Egypt policeman killed in operation near Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian police officer was shot dead on Thursday, state media reported, during a security operation on the outskirts of Cairo aimed at reasserting control over an area where gunmen killed 11 policemen last month.
Looting hits Acapulco as Mexico storm death toll reaches 80
ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) – Looting broke out in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco on Wednesday as the government struggled to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by flooding that had claimed at least 80 lives.
China to crack down on family planning fines after abuses found
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will crack down on penalties paid by families flouting strict family planning rules after a National Audit Office probe found $260 million in fines had been levied illegally, state media reported.
Rouhani says Iran willing to forswear nuclear arms: TV interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Wednesday that his government would never develop nuclear weapons, his strongest signal yet that he may be seeking a diplomatic thaw with the West after decades of acrimony.
Chemical weapons disposal will cost $1 billion, take a year: Assad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday it would cost about $1 billion to get rid of Syria’s chemical weapons under a U.S.-Russian deal reached last week.
