Cuba has first ambassador to U.S. in half a century
HAVANA (Reuters) – Veteran diplomat Jose Cabanas on Thursday became Cuba’s first ambassador to the United States in 54 years, thanks to the recent rapprochement between the former Cold War foes.
Romanian PM Ponta faces trial in corruption case
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta was indicted on Thursday on charges of forgery, money-laundering and being an accessory to tax evasion, piling pressure on a premier also facing mounting criticism and elections.
Chileans pick through debris after powerful quake; 11 dead
TONGOY, Chile (Reuters) – Residents sifted through rubble on Thursday and saved what they could from homes destroyed by a magnitude 8.3 earthquake in central Chile that killed 11 people, forced 1 million from their homes and sent giant waves crashing i…
Polls confirm no favorite in Greek election going down to wire
ATHENS (Reuters) – Four opinion polls on Thursday underlined the tightness of Greece’s election campaign, offering different outcomes but all pointing to no outright winner when ballots are cast.
UK spy chief calls for more powers to fight terrorism threat
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s security agencies need greater powers to deal with a growing terrorism threat and the advanced technology being used by militants, the head of the country’s domestic spy service said on Thursday in the first live media inte…
Blasts in central Baghdad leave 23 dead, 68 wounded
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 23 people were killed and 68 others wounded when three bombs went off in mainly Shi’ite neighborhoods in central Baghdad on Thursday, security and medical sources said.
Drone strike targets Islamic State affiliated militants in Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A drone strike killed five suspected militants in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday when missiles slammed into a camp of fighters affiliated with Islamic State, Taliban and security officials said.
Arab push to pressurize Israel thwarted at U.N. nuclear watchdog
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Arab bid to pressurize Israel over its assumed nuclear arsenal failed on Thursday after Washington and other powers united to reject it at the U.N. atomic watchdog’s annual gathering.
Motorcycle blast kills two in southern Thailand bomb attacks
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A bomb concealed in a motorcycle parked outside a temple in Thailand’s southernmost province killed two people and wounded 14 on Thursday in attacks by suspected ethnic Malay separatists, police said.
Berlin police shoot dead convicted militant after knife attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police said on Thursday that they had shot dead a man they described as a convicted member of a terrorist group after he attacked a policewoman in western Berlin with a knife.
