By John Irish and Arshad Mohammed VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and major powers gave themselves until Monday to reach a nuclear agreement, their third extension in two weeks, as Tehran accused the West of throwing up new stumbling blocks to a deal. Having missed a Friday morning U.S. congressional deadline, U.S. and European Union officials said they were extending sanctions relief for Iran under an interim deal through Monday to
By Ahmed Rasheed and Phil Stewart ERBIL, Iraq/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite militia fighters are tightening a noose around the Islamic State-held city of Falluja west of Baghdad as the first stage of a counter-offensive in the Sunni province of Anbar, likely to determine the course of the conflict in coming months. Islamic State seized Anbar’s capital Ramadi two months ago, extending its control over the Euphrates river valley west
UFA, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that there were more chances for Ukraine crisis to be successfully resolved rather than for it to fail. He also said efforts to resolve the crisis have been hindered by Kiev’s reluctance to directly negotiate with the rebels in east Ukraine. (Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya, Denis Pinchuk, Lidia Kelly and Katya Golubkova; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Jack
The leader of a banned French group was sentenced to nine years in jail on Friday on terrorism charges after police raids found weapons and a list of Jewish targets in his personal files. The Paris court handed down the sentence to Mohamed Achamlane, one of 14 people tried on charges of “criminal conspiracy related to a terrorist enterprise”. The trial followed raids on the homes of members of a
A gunman shot and killed two people in northern Bavaria on Friday and was later captured, German police said. “Thanks to the courageous intervention of these employees, the perpetrator was able to be stopped,” Joachim Hermann, Bavaria’s interior minister, told a news conference.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are posting solid gains in midday trading as Greece moves closer to sealing a deal for new loans from its creditors.
FOUGERES, France (AP) — British rider Mark Cavendish won the sun-soaked seventh stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Friday, while countryman Chris Froome retained the overall lead as he bids to win the race for a second time.
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) — Pope Francis urged inmates at Bolivia’s notoriously violent Palmasola prison to not despair on Friday as he wrapped up his visit to Bolivia with a message of hope and solidarity for those caught up in Bolivia’s corrupt law enforcement system.
The governor relegates the banner to the state’s “relic room,” more than 50 years after the rebel banner began flying at the Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement.
