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U.S. drone kills senior militant in Pakistani seminary

U.S. drone kills senior militant in Pakistani seminary

By using Jibran Ahmed and Hamid Shalizi PESHAWAR, Pakistan/KABUL (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. drone strike on an Islamic seminary in Pakistan killed a senior member of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network early on Thursday, Pakistani and Afghan sources said. It used to be the primary drone strike within the nuclear-armed […]

 
 

Hezbollah calls for calm after Iranian embassy bombing

Hezbollah calls for calm after Iranian embassy bombing

By Stephen Kalin BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Hezbollah leader appealed for calm on Wednesday and an easing of sectarian tensions in Lebanon, a day after twin suicide bombings struck the Iranian embassy in Beirut. "The technique to this confrontation begins politically," the Shi'ite Muslim crew's deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem, […]

 
 

World powers, Iran in new attempt to clinch nuclear deal

World powers, Iran in new attempt to clinch nuclear deal

Via Justyna Pawlak and Parisa Hafezi GENEVA (Reuters) – Large powers resumed talks on Wednesday on a preliminary deal to curb Iran's nuclear application with Russia and Britain confident a leap forward can be clinched and Iran spelling out "purple traces" but saying it wanted pleasant ties with all countries. […]

 
 

Turkey says Assad exploiting delays to Syria peace talks

Turkey says Assad exploiting delays to Syria peace talks

Turkey accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday of exploiting delays to planned U.S. and Russian-backed peace talks by way of stepping up attacks on the opposition and mentioned the conference should take place fast if it was to be of use. Russia, which strongly backs Assad, and the US […]

 
 

Suicide bombings kill 23 near Iran embassy in Beirut

By way of Laila Bassam and Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) – Two suicide bombings rocked Iran’s embassy compound in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing as a minimum 23 folks together with an Iranian cultural attache and hurling our bodies and burning wreckage across a particles-strewn street. A Lebanon-primarily based al Qaeda-linked […]

 
 

South Africa building site collapses, one worker dead, 50 trapped

South Africa building site collapses, one worker dead, 50 trapped

By using Zandi Shabalala TONGAAT, South Africa (Reuters) – At least one particular person used to be killed and up to 50 more were trapped beneath rubble on Tuesday after a soccer pitch-sized portion of a shopping center below building collapsed near the South African city of Durban, emergency products […]

 
 

Protesters hit Cairo’s Tahrir on anniversary of deaths

Protesters hit Cairo’s Tahrir on anniversary of deaths

Via Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) – Hundreds of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday to commemorate the deaths of protesters killed two years in the past and phone for reforms, with many voicing uncommon criticism of the powerful defense force. Supporters of army chief Normal Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, […]

 
 

Kerry presses Iran to prove its nuclear program peaceful

Kerry presses Iran to prove its nuclear program peaceful

Via Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday pressed Iran to finalize an agreement that may prove to the sector its nuclear software is peaceful, however stated he has "no specific expectations" for talks in Geneva this week between main powers and Iran. Ultimate […]

 
 

Police hunt gunman in Paris after newspaper, bank shootings

Through Gérard Bon PARIS (Reuters) – Police had been hunting a lone gunman on the free in Paris on Monday after he opened fire with a shotgun at the offices of a left-wing newspaper and a massive bank prior to hijacking a car to take him to the Champs-Elysees avenue. […]

 
 

Syria rebel chieftain killed; Assad forces bomb besieged town

By way of Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Dominic Evans AMMAN/ARSAL, Lebanon (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s forces fired rocket and artillery barrages on a besieged mountain city close to Lebanon on Monday in a push to seize the strategic house following advances towards rebels in Damascus and in the north […]

 
 

Iranian dissidents say Iran has built secret new nuclear site

An exiled Iranian opposition staff stated on Monday it had details about an underground nuclear website being inbuilt Iran and that this was once amongst a lot of secret venues for an atomic bomb program. The Nationwide Council of Resistance of Iran exposed Iran’s uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and […]

 
 

Sectarian violence spreads in Pakistan after days of unrest

Through Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Sectarian violence unfold in Pakistan on Monday after clashes between minority Shi’ite and majority Sunni Muslims close to the capital Islamabad precipitated the government to impose a curfew and block cell phone services over the weekend. Tensions are excessive this month […]

 
 

Gunman on loose in Paris after newspaper, bank shootings

With the aid of Gérard Bon PARIS (Reuters) – Police had been searching a lone gunman on the loose in important Paris on Monday after he opened fire at the places of work of a left-wing newspaper and a huge bank ahead of hijacking a automotive to take him to […]

 
 

Islamist coalition calls for dialogue to ease Egypt’s crisis

Islamist coalition calls for dialogue to ease Egypt’s crisis

Through Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) – A coalition of Islamists said on Saturday it was ready to are looking for communicate to end Egypt's bloody political situation, on condition that the army-backed government halt a safety crackdown. The public provide used to be the first of its sort by means […]

 
 

Syrian army fights for road needed to remove chemical weapons

Syrian army fights for road needed to remove chemical weapons

By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces went on the offensive on Saturday against rebels positioned alongside an enormous freeway linking the capital with the coast, rebels mentioned, a strategic street that’s possible for use to extract chemical weapons from the united states. The road passes through the mountainous […]