Kerry plays down hopes of imminent anti-Islamic State coalition
ANKARA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday played down chances of an imminent broad coalition against Islamic State militants, illustrating the difficulty Washington faces winning commitment for a military campaign in the heart of …
Ahead of trial, U.S. says North Korea using Americans as ‘pawns’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just before one of three Americans detained in North Korea is due to go on trial, a senior U.S. official on Friday accused the communist Asian country of using U.S. citizens as human “pawns.”
U.S. says Malaysia offers to host spy planes that irk China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. Navy officer said this week that Malaysia has offered to let the United States use one of its bases for a detachment of new maritime surveillance planes, but officials clarified on Friday that no such flights had bee…
Iran’s president has not delivered on pledges of more freedom: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s promises of greater freedoms for the Islamic Republic have not resulted in any major improvements regarding human rights and freedom of expression, the U.N. chief said in a new report on Ira…
Mexico President slams Texas governor over border crackdown
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s deployment of National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexican border is “reprehensible” and puts neighborly relations at risk, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in an interview published on Friday.
U.S. to train Liberian armed forces to help tackle Ebola crisis
MONROVIA/FREETOWN (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday it would train Liberia’s security forces to assist in isolation operations to tackle an Ebola epidemic ravaging the West African nation, after a boy was killed when soldiers opened fire on …
U.S. intensifies sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States hit Russia’s largest bank, a major arms maker and arctic, deepwater and shale exploration by its biggest oil companies with new sanctions on Friday to punish Moscow for its intervention in Ukraine.
Nudge or shove? TV fracas ignites Swedish election campaign
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – It was a nudge – or an aggressive shove, depending on your politics. But it has polarized an otherwise understated campaign for Sunday’s election in Sweden.
How U.N. troops defied orders, opened fire and escaped Syrian rebels
UNITED NATIONS/MANILA (Reuters) – Early on Aug. 28, al Qaeda-linked militants fighting government forces in Syria crossed a ceasefire line in the Golan Heights on Israel’s border and seized 45 Fijians serving in a United Nations peacekeeping force.
Polls put Scottish unionists a nose ahead as vote approaches
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Supporters of keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom have clawed back a tiny lead over separatists less than a week before Scots vote in an independence referendum that is balanced on a knife edge, opinion surveys showed on Friday…
