Venezuela confirms defection of former security agent to U.S.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan officials confirmed on Tuesday the defection of a former bodyguard of Socialist Party heavyweight Diosdado Cabello but denied media reports his evidence to U.S. investigators implicated the powerful official in running a …
Embattled Australia PM Abbott vows to consult more after Prince Philip furore
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday he would take criticism of his decision to grant Britain’s Prince Philip a knighthood “on the chin”, promising greater consultation as speculation about his future as leader mou…
South Korea, China warn Japan not to backtrack on apology over wartime past
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and China warned Japan on Tuesday not to backtrack on its apology issued 20 years ago over its wartime past when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two.
Japan urges Jordan’s help in IS hostage crisis after video
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan pressed Jordan for help in securing the release of Kenji Goto, a Japanese hostage of Islamic State militants, after a video on Tuesday appeared to show him saying he could be killed in 24 hours.
Spying program leaked by Snowden is tied to campaign in many countries
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A program used by U.S. and British spies to record computer keystrokes was part of sophisticated hacking operations in more than a dozen countries, security experts said on Tuesday, after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden r…
Too soon to say ‘mission accomplished’ in Kobani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kurdish fighters’ expulsion of Islamic State forces from the Syrian town of Kobani helped stop the momentum of the Islamist group but is not a significant turning point in the overall campaign, a senior State Department official …
Greek PM Tsipras names anti-austerity cabinet, port sale halted
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras named a cabinet of anti-austerity veterans and halted privatization of Greece’s biggest port on Tuesday, signaling he aims to stick to election pledges despite warning shots from the euro zone and …
Nine killed as gunmen storm luxury hotel in Libyan capital
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Heavily armed gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Tripoli favored by Libyan officials and visiting delegations on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, including foreigners, before blowing themselves up with a grenade.
Too soon to say ‘mission accomplished’ in Kobani: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kurdish fighters’ expulsion of Islamic State forces from the Syrian town of Kobani helped stop the momentum of the Islamist group but is not a significant turning point in the overall campaign, a senior State Department official …
Mexico says murdered students were mistaken for rival gang
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The 43 Mexican students who disappeared four months ago were murdered on the orders of a drug cartel who mistook them for members of a rival gang, the government said on Tuesday, finally confirming the deaths of the trainee teac…
