Exclusive: Iraq’s leader to seek arms with deferred payment on U.S. visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraq’s prime minister will seek President Barack Obama’s help to acquire billions of dollars in drones and other U.S. arms to fight Islamic State during a U.S. visit next week, a senior Iraqi official said.
Hiroshima survivors: haunted 70 years on, determined to remember
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Hiroshi Harada remembers how his leg sank into one of the bodies blocking a narrow Hiroshima street 70 years ago, as he fled the spreading fire ignited by the atomic bomb.
Iran’s state TV social media accounts hacked
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Iran’s Arabic-language state TV network Al Alam said on Sunday its Twitter account had been hacked and a false report was posted that an Iran-allied rebel leader in Yemen had died.
Saudi king relieves health minister, second in a month
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has relieved Health Minister Ahmed al-Khatib of his post, removing a second minister handling social welfare issues in the space of a month as he reshapes the cabinet soon after coming to the throne.
Chinese demands, rebels and Buddhist ruins stall Afghan copper dream
MES AYNAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) – China and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled $3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost a half, underlining Kabul’s struggles to support itself as foreign aid dr…
A year after ferry disaster, safety concerns persist in South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – Nearly a year after her 16-year-old daughter was among 304 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized, Park Eun-mi says not much has changed when it comes to safety in South Korea.
Most Brazilians favor impeachment, but few see Rousseff gone: poll
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Almost two thirds of Brazilians favor the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff over a corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras, but roughly as many doubt it would drive her from office, according to a poll released…
Obama optimistic about Iran nuclear deal despite Khamenei’s comments
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama expressed optimism on Saturday that major world powers and Iran could finalize a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program despite strong words this week from the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kham…
Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader, others to death
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and 13 other senior members of the group to death for inciting chaos and violence, and gave a life term to a U.S.-Egyptian citizen for ties to the B…
Obama meets Raul Castro in highest-level U.S.-Cuba talks in decades
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama met Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday in the highest-level talks between the two countries in nearly 60 years, and the two men agreed to push ahead on improving relations after decades of hostil…
