U.S., Israel press Syria over nuclear stonewalling
VIENNA (Reuters) – With international attention focused on Syria’s tentative offer to give up its chemical arsenal, the United States and Israel used a U.N. nuclear agency meeting to press Damascus to also open up to an inquiry into its atomic activiti…
Yemen to punish those responsible for child bride death: aide
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni authorities are investigating the death of an eight-year-old girl from internal bleeding on her wedding night and will prosecute those responsible, the government said on Friday, a case that has rekindled international outrage …
Kerry to travel to Israel, meet Israeli PM Netanyahu
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Jerusalem on Sunday to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Middle East Peace talks as well as Syria, the State Department announced on Friday.
Kerry, Lavrov hope Syria chemical talks will revive peace conference
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday they hoped that talks on Syria’s chemical weapons would help revive an international plan for a “Geneva 2” conference to end the war in Syri…
Croatia signals move to end extradition row with EU
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia will move fast to amend its extradition law to avoid possible European sanctions, public radio reported on Friday, weeks after a legislative change that protected veterans of its 1991-95 war from prosecution abroad.
Zawahri condemns crackdown on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has described the army-installed government’s crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as a “brutal crime” and urged Egyptians to resist what he called a campaign against Islam in their countr…
Serbia seeks to borrow up to $3 billion from UAE: official
BELGRADE (Reuters) – A top Serbian official said on Thursday he had asked the United Arab Emirates for a low-interest, long-term loan to repay some of the country’s debts and invest in its ailing economy.
Belarus court keeps Russian potash chief in detention
MINSK (Reuters) – A Belarussian court on Friday rejected a second appeal by the chief executive of Russian potash producer Uralkali, despite calls by Russia for his release, and ruled he be kept in detention pending investigation into alleged abuse of …
Investigators say 37 dead in Russian mental hospital fire
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A fire at a Russian psychiatric hospital on Friday killed 37 people, the top investigative agency in the province where the blaze occurred said.
China detains outspoken venture capitalist after friend’s arrest
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have detained an outspoken and well-known venture capitalist for questioning, a fellow activist said on Friday, after he helped lead a campaign for the release of another activist, as the government tightens a crackdo…
