Ukraine’s Poroshenko says rebel elections threaten peace deal, extends sanctions
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on Wednesday to extend sanctions on over 400 individuals and 90 legal entities in response to a decision by separatist rebels to set a date for what Kiev sees as “illegal elections”….
South Africa studying court ruling on Bashir: Foreign Minister
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s government is studying a court’s rejection of its bid to appeal a ruling that authorities erred in letting Sudan’s wanted leader leave the country despite a court order barring him from doing so, South Africa’s f…
Cuba seeks U.N. vote to end U.S. embargo; pope and Obama may help
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba on Wednesday launched its annual campaign for a United Nations resolution condemning the U.S. economic embargo while the White House and the Vatican added their own pressure on the U.S. Congress to end the 53-year-old sanctions….
Amnesty urges Cameroon to investigate abuses in Boko Haram fight
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Amnesty International urged Cameroon on Wednesday to investigate the death of 25 prisoners and disappearance of 130 people after raids by security forces, raising concern about possible abuses arising from a crackdown on Islamist Bo…
Kerry says Russia proposes military talks on Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said Wednesday is was considering how to respond to a Russian proposal for military talks over Syria, where Moscow is expanding its forces even as U.S. warplanes conduct daily air strikes against Islamist…
U.S. general says never ordered Islamic State intelligence manipulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. military’s Central Command on Wednesday told a Senate hearing on the conflict against Islamic State that he never asked for intelligence reports to be skewed to present a more positive view of military operat…
Yemeni government returns to Aden after months in exile: spokesman
ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah returned to the southern port of Aden on Wednesday in a step towards restoring a government on home soil after months of working from exile with Gulf Arab allies to combat Houthi domination of t…
Finally enjoying freedoms, Cuban Catholics press for more
HAVANA (Reuters) – Libertad Infante has been hosting Roman Catholic services in the patio of her middle class home for 20 years.
Two polls show conflicting results ahead of Greek election
ATHENS (Reuters) – Two Greek opinion polls published on Wednesday differed ahead of Sunday’s national election, with one giving leftists a four percentage point lead over conservatives and the other putting the conservatives marginally ahead.
Only handful of U.S.-trained Syrian rebels still fighting: general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Only four or five U.S.-trained Syrian rebels were still fighting in Syria, a top general told Congress on Wednesday, a stark admission of setbacks to a fledgling military program that critics have already pronounced a failure.
