Pentagon to send about a dozen Guantanamo inmates to other countries soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon plans to transfer about a dozen inmates of the Guantanamo military prison to at least two countries that have agreed to take them, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, the latest move in President Barack Obama’s final …
China launches unity push in restive Xinjiang with respect call
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang has begun a campaign to promote ethnic unity with a call for respect of the cultures of the minorities who call the region home, while vowing another crackdown on terrorism and s…
Assad says he can form new Syria government with opposition
MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said it would not be difficult to agree on a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but his opponents responded on Wednesday that no administration would be legitimate while he remained i…
Nuclear terrorism fears loom over Obama’s final atomic summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just as fears of nuclear terrorism are rising, U.S. President Barack Obama’s drive to lock down vulnerable atomic materials worldwide seems to have lost momentum and could slow further.
U.S., Nigeria set up working groups on security, economy, corruption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Nigeria on Wednesday agreed to establish working groups focused on strengthening security cooperation, the economy and tackling corruption after day-long talks at the State Department.
Obama, Xi seen discussing North Korea, cybersecurity on sidelines of nuclear summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to discuss North Korea, cybersecurity and human rights when they meet on Thursday before the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, the White House said on W…
Amnesty says workers at Qatar World Cup stadium suffer abuse
DOHA (Reuters) – Workers in Qatar renovating a 2022 World Cup stadium have suffered human rights abuses two years after the tournament’s organizers drafted worker welfare standards in the wake of criticism, Amnesty International said.
Kerry calls for ‘ultimate resolution’ of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Wednesday for “an ultimate resolution” of the two-decade-old Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia during talks with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev at the State Depart…
Libya’s U.N.-backed Presidential Council reaches Tripoli by ship
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Members of Libya’s U.N.-backed Presidential Council reached Tripoli by ship on Wednesday, defying attempts to keep them out of the city and prevent them from installing a unity government.
Serbian firebrand Seselj faces verdict in U.N. war crimes trial
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – U.N. judges rule on Thursday in the war crimes trial of Vojislav Seselj, a Serbian nationalist politician accused of stoking murderous ethnic hatred during the 1990s wars prompted by the break-up of federal Yugoslavia.
