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Vietnam pays last respects to ‘Red Napoleon’, Vo Nguyen Giap

Vietnam pays last respects to ‘Red Napoleon’, Vo Nguyen Giap

Through Nguyen Phuong Linh HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese poured into the capital on Sunday to bid farewell to Vo Nguyen Giap, the final who masterminded historical defeats of France and the US to change into one of the vital twentieth century’s most important militia commanders. Crowds lined the streets of […]

 
 

Dozens dead in new migrant tragedy off coast of Sicily

Via Wladimir Pantaleone PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) – Dozens of people including women and kids died on Friday when a ship carrying round 250 migrants capsized and spilled them into the sea between Sicily and Tunisia, the second such tragedy in just a little over a week, the Italian coastguard stated. […]

 
 

Libyan PM calls brief abduction a ‘coup’ by foes

Libyan PM calls brief abduction a ‘coup’ by foes

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya's Top Minister Ali Zeidan mentioned on Friday former rebels who kidnapped him in short have been part of an attempted "coup" by using his opponents in the united states of america's legislature, accusing them of in quest of to undermine his government. Gunmen snatched Zeidan from […]

 
 

Air raids and clashes near Syrian chemical weapons site

Air raids and clashes near Syrian chemical weapons site

By using Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian air power warplanes bombarded revolt-held objectives just about a major chemical weapons facility on Friday in preventing that highlights the perils going through a global mission to get rid of President Bashar al-Assad's chemical arsenal. The Agency for the Prohibition of Chemical […]

 
 

Over 100 dead, 200 missing as migrant boat sinks off Italy

Over 100 dead, 200 missing as migrant boat sinks off Italy

By way of Wladimir Pantaleone PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – Greater than 100 people drowned and over 200 had been unaccounted for after a ship packed with African migrants caught hearth and sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday. The catastrophe befell when the boat’s motor stopped working […]

 
 

Netanyahu says Iranian missiles could eventually reach U.S.

Netanyahu says Iranian missiles could eventually reach U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In his newest warning about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned on Thursday that Iran was engaged on intercontinental ballistic missiles that could at some point hit the US. “They’re now not creating these ICBMs for us. They can attain us with what they’ve. […]

 
 

Syria rebels try to end infighting near Turkish border

Syria rebels try to end infighting near Turkish border

Through Alexander Dziadosz BEIRUT (Reuters) – Six powerful Syrian insurrection groups on Thursday demanded al Qaeda-linked militants and rival insurgents end clashes that have escalated infighting in a strategic northern border space. The al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) seized Azaz, about 5 km (three miles) […]

 
 

‘Putin the peacemaker’ tries talking to the U.S. public

‘Putin the peacemaker’ tries talking to the U.S. public

By using Timothy Heritage MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has found many ways and locations to browbeat the United States over time. Munich was once the venue for a 2007 speech wherein he modified the tone of Russian foreign policy through railing in opposition to U.S. "global supremacy". […]

 
 

Egypt extends state of emergency by two months

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt extended a state of emergency via two months on Thursday as a result of the security state of affairs, the presidency stated in a observation. probably The most populous Arab state has been gripped by political turmoil since the military overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Mursi of […]

 
 

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 […]