GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas said Tuesday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s security forces had arrested 170 of its members in the West Bank in the past four weeks in a campaign that could hamper Egyptian-sponsored unity talks.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – The European Union will discuss a timetable for resuming partnership talks with Russia at a summit next month, France’s Foreign Minister said on Tuesday.

KABUL (Reuters) – Smoke from a car engine spread fears of an explosion on a road often targeted by suicide bombers in the Afghan capital on Tuesday with police saying there had been a blast.