Portugal political crisis rages again as talks break off
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s main political parties broke off talks on Friday on a “national salvation” pact to ensure an EU/IMF bailout stays on track, leaving it to the president to decide how to proceed.
World powers see Iran’s Rouhani as chance for nuclear deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Six world powers see a chance that Iran’s relatively moderate new president, beset by sanctions and worried about unrest in the region trickling home, may be more amenable to compromise in a long-standing nuclear dispute, a senior …
U.N. asks Rwanda for proof of links between peacekeepers, Hutu rebels
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Rwanda’s government for evidence to support its allegation that U.N. peacekeepers in Congo discussed collaboration with Hutu rebels linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a U.N. spok…
Israel, Palestinians lay groundwork for new talks: Kerry
AMMAN (Reuters) – Israel and the Palestinians have laid the groundwork for a resumption of peace talks after an almost three-year stalemate, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.
Portugal’s opposition says crisis talks break off
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s main opposition Socialists and the ruling coalition have broken off talks, leaving it to the president to decide how to end a political crisis that threatens Lisbon’s bailout exit, Socialist leader Antonio Jose Seguro said…
Peace talks with Palestinians would take months: Israel official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – New Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, if resumed, would take months, an Israeli official said on Friday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the sides had laid the groundwork for negotiations.
Mideast envoys’ U.S. meeting would launch peace talks: U.S. official
AMMAN (Reuters) – A meeting of Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Washington expected in the near future would in effect mark the resumption of peace talks, a U.S. official said on Friday.
Insight: Mursi’s overthrow rattles Egypt’s Islamists in their heartland
ASSIUT, Egypt (Reuters) – You can trace the aspirations and disappointments of Egypt’s revolution across the walls of the southern city of Assiut.
EU pushes plan to bar aid to Israelis in West Bank
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union, over Israeli protests, said on Friday it was pushing ahead with plans to bar EU financial aid to Israeli organizations operating in the occupied territories, but insisted the decision would not affect peace effo…
Two U.S. senators suggest moving G20 from Russia over Snowden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators asked President Barack Obama on Friday to consider recommending a different location for the September G20 summit in St. Petersburg if Russia does not hand over fugitive former spy agency contractor Edward Snowd…
