News Archive - 6 July 2014

>JERUSALEM/VIENNA (Reuters) - Israel does not expect world powers to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran by a late July deadline, a government minister said on Friday, accusing Tehran of maintaining a "hard line" at talks under way in Vienna. Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz spoke on the second day...

>The fighting in northern Yemen, which has taken on a sectarian tone, is further destabilising a country struggling to overcome a range of problems including a secessionist movement in its south and the nationwide spread of an al Qaeda insurgency.Shi'ite Houthi fighters, officially known as Ansarullah, blamed army units...

>Neymar was ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after suffering a back injury during Friday’s 2-1 quarter-final win over Colombia and Brazil is still coming to terms with the news.The facts, however, suggest his absence need not be decisive for the host nation."Since the defeat...

>Attacks on security forces have been on the rise in the strategically located Gulf Arab country, which hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, more than three years after authorities quelled Shi'ite Muslim-led protests against the Sunni-led government.Bahrain has been caught up in a region-wide tussle for influence between Sunni...

>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition should withdraw its support for his bid for a third term and pick another candidate, Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged, amid parliamentary deadlock over the formation of a new government. Maliki has come under mounting pressure since Islamic State militants...

>On Tuesday, BNP pleaded guilty in the United States to two criminal charges and agreed to pay almost $9 billion to settle accusations it violated U.S. sanctions against Sudan, Cuba and Iran.According to U.S. sources, French banks Societe Generale and Credit Agricole and Germany's Deutsche Bank are...

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-World stocks hold at all-time high after bumper week* Oil drops on signs of rising supply; Brent below $111* Gold steady, seen vulnerable after strong U.S. jobs data* Iraq's Maliki rejects pressure to give up premiership* Iraqi Islamic State leader purported to make public appearance* Kurdish diplomat...

>TEL AVIV (Reuters) - "Homeland" may have lost its sleeper terrorist anti-hero Nicholas Brody to an Iranian gallows, but the hit U.S. television show will continue to thrill, its creator says. Howard Gordon described surviving cast members, led by the gutsy yet emotionally troubled CIA analyst Carrie Mathison, as...