External Affairs: December 01 News international

Thursday 01 December, 2011.

Iran warns 'reciprocal action' to Britain shutting embassy

Iran has warned that it will take measures against Britain after its decision to close the Islamic republic's embassy in London, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

HEADLINES

18 dead in attacks in Iraq's Diyala

Attacks in Iraq's confessionally mixed Diyala province, north of Baghdad, killed 18 people on Thursday, 10 of them in a market bombing in the town of Khalis, medical and security officials said.

Five dead, 30 missing in Indonesia landslide

Rescuers on Indonesia's Nias island were struggling on Thursday to reach a village hit by a landslide that left at least five dead and 30 missing, an official said.

Clinton pushes reform in historic Myanmar talks

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held landmark talks with Myanmar's rulers on Thursday, saying she was "encouraged" by reform moves from the new regime after decades of repression and isolation.

Muslim Brotherhood claims lead in first phase of Egypt polls

Egypt's influential Muslim Brotherhood group on Wednesday claimed that it was leading in the initial count of results from the first phase of historic Parliamentary polls in the post-Mubarak era but also acknowledged that it was facing stiff competition from more hard-line Islamic parties.

AFRICA & SOUTH AMERICA

Egypt elections enter second day after turnout beats predictions