Moldova tells Russia: don’t eye annexation here
By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – The president of ex-Soviet Moldova warned Russia on Tuesday against considering any move to annex his country’s separatist Transdniestria region in the same way...
View ArticlePlans for EU gas flows to Ukraine could be blocked by Russia
By Alexander Winning LONDON (Reuters) – Reverse flows of natural gas from Europe to Ukraine to help it handle Russian price increases and supply cuts would be possible within hours once the...
View ArticleSouth Korea says North may be close to nuclear test
By Giles HEWITT Seoul (AFP) – North Korea could well be preparing to carry out a fourth nuclear test, South Korea said Tuesday, citing increased activity at its main test site just days ahead of a...
View ArticleObama on a high wire on immigration law changes
By JIM KUHNHENN and ERICA WERNER WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic opposition increased Wednesday to legal changes that would speed removals of young Central American migrants, jeopardizing President Barack...
View ArticleIsrael extends temporary truce as Gaza toll tops 1,000
By Mai Yaghi, John Davison Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Israel on Saturday approved a four-hour extension of a temporary truce in Gaza, Israeli television said, after the Palestinian...
View ArticleIsrael says won’t talk under fire, new Gaza truce plan mulled
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Sunday it was prepared for protracted military action in Gaza and would not negotiate under rocket fire as Egypt...
View ArticleEbola outbreak could take six months to control, say MSF
By Jonathan Fowler Geneva (AFP) – The Ebola epidemic is moving faster than the authorities can handle and could take six months to bring under control, the medical charity MSF said Friday. The warning...
View ArticleBattle against Islamic State creates new alliances
By KARIN LAUB and ADAM SCHRECK AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — On a recent evening, two of Jordan’s top pro-al-Qaida ideologues held court on the rooftop of a villa decorated with strings of lights. Sporting...
View ArticlePhilippines won’t send troops to unclear mission
By JIM GOMEZ MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Wednesday his government would no longer deploy peacekeepers in “impossible” missions like the Golan Heights, where Filipino forces...
View ArticleBoyfriend of US woman killed by IS tried to free her
PHOENIX (AP) — Kayla Mueller was in a detention cell in Syria, face to face with her boyfriend who was posing as her husband. Had she told her captors she was married to Omar Alkhani, she might have...
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