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Russia, U.S. work on deal to disarm Syria of poison gas

Russia, U.S. work on deal to disarm Syria of poison gas

By using Warren Strobel and Stephen Kalin GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew into Geneva on Thursday to listen to Russia's plans to disarm Syria of its chemical weapons and forestall U.S.-led militia strikes, an initiative that has transformed diplomacy in the two-and-a-half-yr-old civil warfare. Kerry […]

 
 

Taliban attack Polish base in Afghanistan, seven killed

Taliban attack Polish base in Afghanistan, seven killed

Via Mustafa Andalib GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Seven folks were killed in an assault claimed through the Taliban on a base operated by way of Polish and Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officers and a Reuters witness stated. Ghanzi province's deputy governor mentioned the attackers detonated an explosive-encumbered […]

 
 

Bombs kill 86 in Baghdad as sectarian violence spreads

By Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of car bombings and different assaults throughout Baghdad on Wednesday killed 86 individuals and wounded 263, police and medical sources mentioned, extending the worst wave of sectarian bloodshed in Iraq for at least 5 years. It was once not right away clear […]

 
 

U.S. readies strikes, Syrians prepare for attack

U.S. readies strikes, Syrians prepare for attack

By Oliver Holmes and Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) – Individuals in Damascus stocked up on provides on Wednesday and some left homes with regards to attainable targets as U.S. officials sketched out plans for multi-nationwide air strikes on Syria that might last for days. United Countries chemical weapons consultants completed […]

 
 

Envoys in Egypt visit jailed Brotherhood leader: reports

Envoys in Egypt visit jailed Brotherhood leader: reports

With the aid of Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) – World envoys visited a excessive-ranking member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in penitentiary on Monday, the state information company mentioned, to press a bid to defuse the hindrance ignited with the aid of President Mohamed Mursi's downfall. The envoys met deputy Brotherhood […]

 
 

Mursi, Egypt army pledge lives in ‘final hours’ showdown

Mursi, Egypt army pledge lives in ‘final hours’ showdown

By way of Yasmine Saleh and Alastair Macdonald CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt's army commander and Islamist President Mohamed Mursi each and every pledged his life to defy the opposite as a time limit approached on Wednesday as a way to set off a defense force takeover backed by way of […]

 
 

Putin says West arming Syrian rebels who eat human flesh

Putin says West arming Syrian rebels who eat human flesh

By using Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Alexei Anishchuk AMMAN/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, arriving in Britain in advance of an international summit set to be dominated by way of disagreement over the U.S. resolution to send weapons to Syria's rebels, mentioned the West must now not arm warring […]

 
 

North Korea wants to hold high-level talks with U.S.

North Korea wants to hold high-level talks with U.S.

By using Jane Chung and Roberta Rampton SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea on Sunday supplied high-stage talks with the USA to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, but the White Home said that any talks must contain Pyongyang taking action to indicate it is shifting towards scrapping its nuclear weapons. […]

 
 

Hundreds of thousands rally for Turkey’s Erdogan amid protests

Hundreds of thousands rally for Turkey’s Erdogan amid protests

By way of Ayla Jean Yackley and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rallied hundreds of heaps of supporters at an Istanbul parade floor on Sunday as rebel police fired teargas a couple of kilometers away in the metropolis centre to disperse anti-government protesters. Erdogan instructed […]

 
 

Bombings kill 27 in surging Iraqi violence

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Automobile bombs and roadside explosions hit primarily Sunni Muslim districts of the Iraqi capital and a northern city on Wednesday, killing as a minimum 27 individuals. The bombings were the most recent in a wave of assaults since April that has intensified fears Iraq is sliding into […]

 
 

Syrian opposition says peace talks must mean Assad exit

Syrian opposition says peace talks must mean Assad exit

By using Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Syrian opposition stated on Wednesday it would best participate in deliberate international peace talks if a cut-off date was set for a contract that forces President Bashar al-Assad to depart energy. In its first reputable reaction to the Geneva conference being […]

 
 

Attack on Red Cross in eastern Afghanistan kills one guard

Attack on Red Cross in eastern Afghanistan kills one guard

By means of Hamid Shalizi and Rafiq Sherzad JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Insurgents attacked the World Committee of the Purple Go (ICRC) in the japanese Afghan metropolis of Jalalabad on Wednesday, killing an Afghan guard within the 2nd main assault on a humanitarian organization in less than per week. Seven […]

 
 

Chinese Premier Li seeks trust in India, border issue irks

Chinese Premier Li seeks trust in India, border issue irks

With the aid of Frank Jack Daniel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Chinese language Premiere Li Keqiang is looking for to construct trust with India on his first international commute for the reason that taking place of job, which comes only a few weeks after a armed forces standoff between the […]

 
 

Imran Khan’s party wins revote in Karachi, protests expected

Imran Khan’s party wins revote in Karachi, protests expected

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Cricket hero Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf party won a revote in an upmarket constituency of Karachi on Sunday, unofficial results showed, a day after gunmen killed a birthday party leader, atmosphere the stage for protests and counter-protests. Khan blamed the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain on the […]

 
 

Venezuela says taking steps to restore U.S. diplomatic ties

Venezuela says taking steps to restore U.S. diplomatic ties

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's up to date designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States presentations the OPEC nation's need to revive full diplomatic relations, the overseas minister mentioned in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Disputes between Caracas and Washington were in style all through […]