American in Bahrain sentenced to 10 years in jail: lawyer
DUBAI (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen was jailed for 10 years in Bahrain on Tuesday on charges of attempted murder during a disturbance related to Shi’ite Muslim demands for greater rights, his lawyer said.
Israel accuses Iran’s Rouhani of playing ‘game of deception’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz accused Iranian President Hassan Rouhani of playing a “game of deception” in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
Renewed push at U.N. for Syria resolution followed by peace talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama appealed to the United Nations on Tuesday to back tough consequences for Syria if it refuses to give up chemical weapons and urged Russia and Iran to end their support for Syrian President Bashar a…
Rouhani blasts sanctions against Iran in U.N. speech
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, blasted international sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, comparing them to the widely criticized punitive measures against Iraq while the late Saddam Hussein was in power.
One person killed during Sudan fuel subsidies protest
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – One protester was killed on Tuesday during riots in Sudan after the government lifted fuel subsidies and triggered demonstrations in several cities, police and activists said.
French leader meets Iran’s Rouhani, demands ‘concrete’ nuclear steps
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande became the first Western leader to meet new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday after warning that Paris expects “concrete gestures” by Iran to show it will give up a military nuclea…
Nigeria tells U.N. sparing no effort tackling terrorism ‘menace’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – An Islamist insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast is challenging the country’s stability and every effort is being made to tackle the extremists with “due regard for fundamental human rights,” Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan…
Analysis: Kenya raid projects al Shabaab onto global jihadist stage
MOGADISHU/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab’s attack on a shopping mall in the heart of the Kenyan capital has thrust it to the forefront of the global jihadist movement after years of internal feuding over the group’s aims….
Colombian president tells U.N. the drug war has not been won
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The “war on drugs” has not been won, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told the United Nations on Tuesday, exhorting the world body to add teeth to a special session on drugs in 2016.
No Obama-Rouhani meeting; too complicated for Iranians: U.S. officials
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A potential encounter at the United Nations between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani failed to take place on Tuesday as the Iranians indicated it was too complicated, senior Obama administratio…
