TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Wednesday it will attend the international talks on Syria’s future this week in Vienna, following an invitation from the Russian envoy that would mark Tehran’s first appearance at such a gathering.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Wednesday it will attend the international talks on Syria’s future this week in Vienna, following an invitation from the Russian envoy that would mark Tehran’s first appearance at such a gathering.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister lashed out at an Arab lawmaker Wednesday for flouting a directive and visiting the sensitive Jerusalem holy site that is at the heart of the recent round of unrest, as the five-week long outbreak of violence that has plagued the region continued.
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss finance minister says she’s resigning from Switzerland’s seven-member executive body following legislative elections in which a nationalist party trounced her smaller conservative party.
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss finance minister says she’s resigning from Switzerland’s seven-member executive body following legislative elections in which a nationalist party trounced her smaller conservative party.
By Andrea Shalal and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed close to China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday, drawing an angry rebuke from Beijing, which said its warships tracked and warned the American vessel. The patrol by the USS Lassen was the most significant U.S. challenge yet to the 12-nautical-mile territorial limits China asserts around the islands in the Spratly
By Mirwais Harooni and Ashraf Hamid KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Taliban encouraged aid groups to help victims of the massive earthquake in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan as rescuers struggled to form a clear picture of the damage caused by the disaster as the death toll passed 300. With large mountainous areas of Afghanistan hit and icy weather closing in, the unstable security situation has posed a major challenge to international
By Noah Browning DUBAI (Reuters) – A hospital in north Yemen run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was bombed in a Saudi-led air strike, wrecking the facility and lightly wounding two staff members, the group said on Tuesday. A Saudi-led Arab coalition intervened in Yemen’s civil war in March to try to restore its government after its toppling by Iran-allied Houthi forces, but a mounting civilian death
By Tom Perry and Sylvia Westall BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian presidency said on Tuesday political initiatives could not work in Syria before terrorism had been wiped out, sticking by its long-held position on how to end its war with insurgents after its Russian allies called for new elections. In a statement, the presidency said it was clarifying reports that President Bashar al-Assad had told a Russian delegation on Sunday
By Krista Mahr and Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan authorities rushed 150 “dangerous” inmates from a prison in the restive southern province of Helmand to the capital Kabul at the weekend, officials said, part of a drive to secure prisons after Taliban militants orchestrated two major jailbreaks in recent weeks. Since mid-September, Taliban fighters have broken out hundreds of inmates, many of them captured insurgent fighters, from two prisons