Castro sees Cuba, U.S. breaking with past, coexisting in peace
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is prepared to break with the contentious past and peacefully coexist with the United States, Cuban President Raul Castro said on Wednesday as the two former adversaries are set to restore diplomatic ties.
Libyan commander killed as offensive against Islamists stalls
MARJ, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State militants said they killed a Libyan army commander in the eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday, as a pro-government offensive against the Islamists appeared to stall.
Venezuela’s Machado says will defy ban and run for parliament
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan hardline opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Wednesday vowed she would run for parliament despite a one-year ban on her holding public office, which she said was a ploy by the government to avoid defeat in December’…
Iran leader: Some powers ‘untrustworthy’ on nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) – The text of a nuclear deal reached between Iran and world powers should be carefully scrutinized and legal procedures taken so the other side does not breach it, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in his first public statement…
Some 2,700 migrants rescued at sea near Libya: Italy coast guard
ROME (Reuters) – Around 2,700 migrants were rescued from 13 boats near the coast of Libya on Wednesday, Italy’s coastguard said.
Security to top agenda when Nigeria’s Buhari meets Obama: spokesman
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will seek help in fighting militants across West Africa when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Monday, his spokesman said.
Obama says Iran nuclear deal best way to avoid more Mideast war
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, seeking to sell the Iran nuclear deal to skeptical U.S. lawmakers and the American public, insisted on Wednesday that the landmark agreement was the best way to avoid a nuclear arms race and more war in th…
Reluctant Tsipras fights to pass reforms in Greek parliament
ATHENS (Reuters) – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras fought to contain a backlash from his own leftwing party on Wednesday as parliament prepared to vote on a sweeping austerity package European partners have demanded for a new bailout to keep Greece in th…
Wages of fear trap Mexican prison guards in corruption spiral
By Alexandra Alper, Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein and Lizbeth Diaz
Development finance talks in Ethiopia close to collapse: charities
ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Talks between rich and poor countries in the Ethiopian capital, aimed at agreeing on the financing of the United Nations’ bold new global development agenda, are on the brink of collapse, advocacy groups said …
