Back to school in Syria as threat of U.S. strike subsides
(This article was reported by a journalist in Damascus whose name is withheld for security reasons)
Yemen jails three Qaeda members for plot to kill president
SANAA (Reuters) – A Yemeni court sentenced three al Qaeda members to jail on Sunday for plotting to kill President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and target foreign diplomats, including the U.S. ambassador to Sanaa.
Syrian minister calls chemical weapons deal a Russian-won ‘victory’ over U.S.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syria’s Minister for National Reconciliation said on Sunday that the chemical weapons agreement between Russia and the United States was a “victory” for Damascus, won by its Russian allies, and had taken away the pretext for war.
U.S.-Russia deal has ‘full ability’ to strip Syria of chemical weapons
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry assured Israel publicly on Sunday the deal he reached with Russia’s foreign minister on Syria’s chemical weapons was capable of removing its deadly arsenal.
Taliban bomb kills Pakistani general, two other soldiers
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed a Pakistani general and another officer on Sunday near the border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani army said, rare high-ranking casualties in Pakistan’s war against militants.
French far-right targets local, EU election wins
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – France’s far-right National Front, buoyed by improving poll numbers, is aiming for big gains in municipal elections next year and the top spot in the European parliament ballot, its leaders said at the party’s annual conve…
Analysis: Quebec separatists play to core voters with headscarf, turban ban
(Reuters) – Quebec’s separatist government is betting on broad popular support with a proposal that prohibits public workers from wearing headscarves, skullcaps and other religious symbols, yet it is dividing the movement that advocates independence fr…
Nigerian archbishop kidnapped in Delta released
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, the country’s second most senior Anglican cleric, has been released by the armed men who kidnapped him last week in the Niger Delta, police said on Sunday.
EU officials pile pressure on Italy to keep government afloat
MILAN (Reuters) – European Union officials warned Italy on Sunday not to let politics ruin recovery prospects and upset debt markets in a week that could signal the end of Erico Letta’s fragile five-month-old government.
Five-point plan boosts Brazil leader; social media push to come
BRASILIA (Reuters) – When a Brazilian newspaper reported last month that President Dilma Rousseff had gone for a nighttime spin incognito around the capital on the back of an aide’s Harley-Davidson, her favorable mentions soared on social media.
