Opposition suspends role in Bahrain talks after leader held
BAHRAIN (Reuters) – Bahrain’s largest opposition party on Wednesday suspended its participation in talks with the government aimed at ending 2-1/2 years of political turmoil in protest at the arrest of its deputy leader.
Iran frees jailed human rights lawyer: husband
DUBAI (Reuters) – Imprisoned Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh has been freed by the authorities, her husband said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai vows to stay on as opposition leader
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday he would remain leader of his MDC party despite an internal call for him to quit after an overwhelming defeat in July’s presidential election against Robert Mugabe.
UK court sees jailed Nigerian ex-governor’s opulent palace
LONDON (Reuters) – – A British court was shown footage on Wednesday of a palatial property built in Nigeria for jailed former governor James Ibori, complete with marble columns and a private gym, that offered a glimpse into the lifestyle of Nigeria’s r…
Canada fire official says fewer than six confirmed dead after Ottawa crash
(Reuters) – A spokesman for Ottawa Fire Services told CBC News on Wednesday that fewer than six people were confirmed dead and another half dozen or more seriously injured after a city bus and passenger train collided on Wednesday morning.
Russia says to show Syrian evidence of rebel chemical arms use: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will show the U.N. Security Council evidence it has received from Syria’s government pointing to the use of chemical weapons by rebels in the Damascus suburbs, Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as say…
Russia says U.N. report on Syria attack preconceived, political
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia denounced U.N. investigators’ findings on a poison gas attack in Syria as preconceived and tainted by politics on Wednesday, stepping up its criticism of a report Western nations said proved President Bashar al-Assad’s forces …
Analysis: Turkey’s ‘worthy solitude’ sidelines Erdogan in Middle East
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Clinging to calls for military action in Syria and wedded to his backing for Egypt’s ousted Islamist president, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan cuts an increasingly lonely figure in a region whose future he still hopes to hel…
Economic slowdown and Putin’s promises take toll on Russian budget
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian budget’s dependence on fickle oil and gas prices is set to remain high, as the country will be forced to borrow more in response to an unexpectedly severe economic slowdown.
Hailing ‘flexibility’, Iran leader commends new nuclear gambit
DUBAI (Reuters) – Talk by Iran’s Supreme Leader of “flexibility” days before his government’s debut at the United Nations General Assembly in New York suggests a new willingness at the highest level to explore a compromise solution to Tehran’s nuclear …
