U.S. curbs visas for Venezuelan officials over graft, rights
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Relations between the United States and Venezuela deteriorated on Monday after Washington imposed visa restrictions on officials involved in alleged human rights abuses and those believed responsible for public corruption in the …
Qatar says released Taliban detainees not back to militant activities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Qatar’s foreign minister on Monday denied reports that one of five high-level Taliban detainees transferred from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Qatar has attempted to re-engage in militant activity.
Al Jazeera journalist relieved to be free, calls for release of colleagues
DOHA (Reuters) – Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste said on Monday it was a great relief to be freed from prison in Egypt, but that he felt “incredible angst” about leaving two imprisoned colleagues behind.
Egypt court sentences 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday on charges of killing police officers, part of a sustained crackdown by authorities on Islamists.
‘Mujahideen’ talks in Iran cited in Canada train terrorism trial
TORONTO (Reuters) – Two men charged with plotting to derail a train traveling from New York to Toronto had their plans foiled by an undercover police officer who convinced them he could help pull off the attack, jurors heard at the opening of their tri…
Greece outlines debt ‘menu’ in bid to win over skeptical euro zone
LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s new government dropped calls for a write-off of its foreign debt and proposed ending a standoff with its official creditors by swapping the debt for growth-linked bonds on Monday, a week after its election on an anti-…
‘Mujahideen’ talks in Iran cited in Canada train terrorism trial
TORONTO (Reuters) – Two men charged with plotting to derail a train traveling from New York to Toronto had their plans foiled by an undercover police officer who convinced them he could help pull off the attack, jurors heard at the opening of their tri…
Judges decline to take on charges against Argentina’s president
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Two judges on Monday declined to handle the allegations brought by late prosecutor Alberto Nisman against Argentina’s president, charging her with seeking to derail his investigation of the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish commu…
Hardline Indian Hindus become Modi’s enemies from within
RISHIKESH, India (Reuters) – In an ashram near the Ganges river in the Himalayan foothills, Indian priest-turned-politician Sakshi Maharaj mimes rowing a boat to illustrate what will happen if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government ignores Hindu nat…
Head of U.N. inquiry into Gaza conflict to quit over Israeli bias claim
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The head of a U.N. inquiry into last summer’s conflict between Israel and Gaza said on Monday he would resign after Israeli allegations of bias due to consultancy work he did for the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
