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Beirut suicide bomber kills one person, target unclear

Beirut suicide bomber kills one person, target unclear

A suicide bomber killed himself and one other particular person when he detonated explosives in a minibus in southern Beirut on Monday, a Lebanese safety supply said. Closing month two bombs hit residential areas of Beirut where the Shi'ite militant Hezbollah team has a powerful presence. Hezbollah has sent fighters […]

 
 

Iran foreign minister: nuclear deal possible in six months

By way of Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Mohammad Zarif stated on Monday a final care for world powers on Tehran’s nuclear software is conceivable within six months if there may be excellent will and he used to be no longer worried about the U.S. Congress […]

 
 

Syria talks end first round, government not committed to return

By means of Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – A contentious week-long first spherical of Syrian peace talks ended on Friday with out a progress against ending the civil warfare and the federal government delegation unable to claim whether it’s going to return for the following spherical […]

 
 

Exclusive: South Sudan rebel leader says government derailing peace talks

Exclusive: South Sudan rebel leader says government derailing peace talks

By Goran Tomasevic JONGLEI STATE, South Sudan (Reuters) – South Sudan revolt chief Riek Machar accused the federal government on Friday of ethnic cleaning and looking to sabotage peace talks, in his first face-to-face interview considering that preventing erupted late final 12 months in Africa's youngest nation. Wearing dark inexperienced […]

 
 

Shared moment of silence but little headway at Syria talks

Shared moment of silence but little headway at Syria talks

With the aid of Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Opposing facets in Syria's civil struggle stood collectively in silence to honor victims of the three 12 months war on Thursday, but week-outdated peace talks had been still caught on the query of proceed with just sooner […]

 
 

Suicide bombers storm Iraq ministry building, 24 killed

Suicide bombers storm Iraq ministry building, 24 killed

By using Suadad al-Salhy BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Six suicide bombers burst into an Iraqi ministry building, took hostages and killed as a minimum 24 folks together with themselves on Thursday sooner than security forces regained keep watch over, security officers mentioned. The brazen assault on the building belonging to the […]

 
 

Ukraine’s Yanukovich goes on sick leave in midst of political crisis

Ukraine’s Yanukovich goes on sick leave in midst of political crisis

By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich went on unwell depart on Thursday after a bruising session of parliament, leaving a political vacuum in a country threatened with chapter and destabilized through anti-government protests. The sixty three-yr-old president appears an increasing number of isolated […]

 
 

Israelis pay last respects to warrior-statesman Sharon

Israelis pay last respects to warrior-statesman Sharon

By means of Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Former Top Minister Ariel Sharon's body lay in state on Sunday outside parliament in Jerusalem, the place heaps of Israelis waited to bid farewell to the maverick warrior-statesman who reshaped the Center East. He’s going to be buried on Monday in a […]

 
 

Insight: War turns Syria into major amphetamines producer, consumer

Insight: War turns Syria into major amphetamines producer, consumer

Through Stephen Kalin BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria has grow to be an incredible amphetamines exporter and client because the trauma of the usa's brutal civil battle fuels demand and the breakdown in order creates opportunity for producers. Medicine experts, traders and native activists say Syrian production of the most well-liked […]

 
 

In war or withdrawal, Sharon marched to his own drum

By using Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A maverick in war and politics, Israel’s Ariel Sharon reshaped the Middle East in a profession marked by means of adventurism and shame, dramatic reversals and gorgeous rebounds. Loathed through many Arabs and a divisive determine within Israel, Sharon left his mark on […]

 
 

Turkish graft scandal deepens with more arrests, police dismissals

Turkish graft scandal deepens with more arrests, police dismissals

Via Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's executive purged lots of of law enforcement officials overnight, media mentioned, as part of a crackdown on a rival he accuses of trying to usurp state power by means of tarring him with a specious corruption investigation. Some of […]

 
 

Syria ships out first batch of chemical weapons materials

Syria ships out first batch of chemical weapons materials

By using Oliver Holmes and Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria has began shifting chemical weapons supplies in another country in a crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament program that has been delayed by way of battle and technical issues. The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons mentioned […]

 
 

Iraq moves up tanks, guns for looming Falluja assault

Via Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi army deployed tanks and artillery round Falluja on Tuesday, safety officials said, as native leaders in the besieged city advised al Qaeda-linked militants to leave with a view to forestall an impending militia assault. Safety officers and tribal leaders have stated that […]

 
 

Somali Islamists claim Mogadishu hotel bombing

Islamist militants in Somalia mentioned on Thursday that they performed the triple bombing on a Mogadishu hotel that killed at least eleven folks. Al Shabaab, who are fighting African peacekeepers for keep watch over of territory in southern and crucial Somalia, said its bombers had targeted intelligence officers who have […]

 
 

Egypt arrests seven over Mansoura suicide bombing

Egypt arrests seven over Mansoura suicide bombing

Seven individuals, together with the son of a Muslim Brotherhood leader, have been arrested in reference to a suicide bomb assault on a police station north of Cairo that killed 16 folks remaining month, the interior minister mentioned. The army-backed government listed the group as a terrorist organization after accusing […]