U.S. civil suit brought against Israeli ex-PM Ehud Barak
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Relatives of a 19-year-old U.S. citizen killed in Israel’s 2010 storming of a Turkish-led aid flotilla are suing former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak for the raid, in which nine activists died.
Taliban insurgents active close to Kabul, threat level disputed
KHAWAJA GHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – In Khawaja Ghar, a village in Deh Sabz district on the dusty outskirts of Kabul, there is little noticeable government presence, and Afghan soldiers and police are a rare sight.
U.S., allies demand U.N. council action after Iran missile test
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States, Britain, France and Germany sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council’s Iran sanctions committee on Wednesday notifying it of Tehran’s recent missile test and demanded action in response to what …
South African police fire stun grenades as students march on parliament
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African riot police fired stun grenades on Wednesday at hundreds of protesting students who stormed the parliament precinct in Cape Town to try to disrupt the reading of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s interim budget.
U.N.’s Ban presses for Israeli-Palestinian calm but tensions smolder
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon held talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday but after two days of discussions in the region appeared no nearer to ending weeks of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
U.S. says concerned by police action in South African protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department expressed concern on Wednesday over reports that South African riot police had fired stun grenades at hundreds of students protesting tuition increases.
Netanyahu Holocaust comment not backed by scholarly evidence?: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments on Wednesday linking a Muslim leader to the Holocaust were not supported by scholarly evidence, the State Department said, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left Washington…
Three years after U.S. consulate attack, Benghazi still at war
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Partly burned and still abandoned, the high-walled villas that once housed the U.S. consulate compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi now sit on a frontline of a nation at war with itself.
Pentagon says F-35 jet cost to rise if Canada, others skip orders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A decision by Canada or any other country to skip orders of 65 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets would add about $1 million to the cost of each plane purchased by the U.S. military or other partners, the head of the F-35 pro…
Argentina’s middle class doubt election will reverse nation’s decline
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In the affluent Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where grand 19th century buildings hark back to an era of prosperity, middle class voters fear a presidential election on Sunday will do nothing to halt Argentina’s long de…
