Japan PM Abe faces questions about political donations
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday said he received donations from firms that got government subsidies, the first time he himself has faced questions about potentially improper donations, after having lost three cabinet mem…
China hopes novice environment chief will be breath of fresh air
BEIJING (Reuters) – One year after “declaring war” on pollution, China has appointed an inexperienced outsider as its new environment minister tasked with breathing life into a massive clean-up campaign that even optimists say will take decades to comp…
Top Indian, Pakistani diplomats to meet in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – India’s top diplomat visits Pakistan on Tuesday for the first meeting with his counterpart since New Delhi called off talks last year aimed at easing the rivals’ many disputes.
Australia to send 300 more troops to Iraq on training mission
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will send an additional 300 soldiers to help train Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State militants, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday, following a request from the United States to contribute to an international trai…
Exclusive: Obama hopes for U.S. embassy in Cuba before April summit in Panama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he hopes the United States will open an embassy in Cuba by the time of a Western Hemisphere summit in Panama in mid-April.
Exclusive: Obama says Iran must halt key nuclear work for at least a decade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but the odds are still against sealing a final agreement, U.S. President Barack Obama told Reute…
Obama, Israel’s Netanyahu clash over Iran diplomacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu clashed over Iran nuclear diplomacy on Monday on the eve of the Israeli prime minister’s hotly disputed address to Congress, underscoring the severity of U.S.-Israeli strains over the issue.
U.S. spy chief says he got a mixed reception in North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. spy chief James Clapper said that when he made a secret visit to North Korea in November to bring home two jailed Americans he was first given a 12-course banquet and then later told by his hosts that his security could not …
UK’s Cameron says child sex abuse to be classified ‘national threat’
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will make child sexual abuse a national priority on a par with organized crime on Tuesday, as he announces a series of measures to prevent systematic abuse.
Exclusive: Obama says Iran must halt key nuclear work for at least a decade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but the odds are still against sealing a final agreement, U.S. President Barack Obama told Reute…
