At U.N., Castro says U.S. must end embargo to have normal Cuba ties
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States can normalize ties only after Washington ends its trade embargo and returns the Guantanamo U.S. naval base to Cuban control, President Raul Castro told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday….
At U.N., Obama and Putin clash over working with Syria’s Assad
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it was willing to cooperate with Russia, as well as Iran, to try to end the Syrian civil war, but the two big powers clashed over whether to work with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Central African Republic leader leaves U.N. early due to violence in Bangui
BANGUI/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The interim president of Central African Republic Catherine Samba-Panza left the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Monday to return home due to the worst violence in the capital of her country this year, two Western…
Prisoners escape jail in Central African Republic capital
BANGUI (Reuters) – Hundreds of prisoners escaped from the main jail in Central African Republic’s capital on Monday, said a senior security source in a city where around 30 people have been killed over three days in the worst violence this year.
Countries pledge 30,000 peacekeepers at U.N. summit
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Monday that more than 50 countries have pledged some 30,000 peacekeepers for possible deployment on United Nations missions, as well as helicopters, medical units and training and equi…
OAS to establish anti-corruption body in Honduras
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Organization of American States (OAS) said on Monday it will create a mission to tackle graft in Honduras, where protestors have been pushing for an anti-corruption body like one that helped bring down the president of neighb…
Afghan Taliban seize Kunduz city center in landmark gain
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters on Monday battled their way into the center of Kunduz, a city in northern Afghanistan, and seized the provincial governor’s office in one of the militant group’s biggest territorial gains in 14 years, wi…
Car bomb in central Baghdad kills at least four: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least four people were killed and eleven others wounded on Monday when a car bomb went off at a garage in a busy commercial district of central Baghdad, police and medical sources said.
China’s Xi says to commit 8,000 troops for U.N. peacekeeping force
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China will contribute 8,000 troops for a United Nations peacekeeping standby force, China’s President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, a move that could make it one of the largest players in U.N….
Burkina Faso elite unit refuses to disarm after coup: army chief
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s powerful presidential guard is resisting efforts to disarm it after carrying out a short-lived coup against a transitional government earlier this month, the army’s chief of staff said on Monday.
