Israel intensifies Gaza assault, Egyptians revise truce plan
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel knocked out Gaza’s only power plant and pounded dozens of other high-profile targets on Tuesday, while Egyptian mediators prepared a revised proposal for halting its war with Islamist guerrillas in the enclave. Israel’…
U.S. judge says cannot seize Kurdish crude for now
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A high-stakes dispute over a tanker carrying $100 million in Iraqi Kurdish crude took a surprising turn on Tuesday when a U.S. judge said she lacked jurisdiction given the ship’s distance from the Texas shore and urged that the case…
U.S. accuses Venezuela of using oil to press Aruba on extradition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States accused Venezuela on Tuesday of using economic pressure, including a reported threat to close an oil refinery, to apply pressure on the Netherlands not to extradite an official whom Washington wants on drugs cha…
Sierra Leone’s top Ebola doctor dies from virus
FREETOWN (Reuters) – The doctor leading Sierra Leone’s fight against the worst Ebola outbreak on record died from the virus on Tuesday, the country’s chief medical officer said.
Turkish court arrests 11 more police in wiretap probe: lawyer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court ordered that 11 more police officers be kept in custody pending trial over accusations that they used wiretaps to spy on Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his inner circle, a defense lawyer said on Wednesday.
EU and U.S. announce new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States on Tuesday announced further sanctions against Russia, targeting its energy, banking and defense sectors in the strongest international action yet over Moscow’s support for rebels…
Cameroon fires two army officers after Boko Haram raids
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – President Paul Biya on Tuesday dismissed two senior army officers in Cameroon’s far north following Boko Haram attacks in which at least seven people were killed and the wife of a senior official was kidnapped.
Romania’s leftist PM launches candidacy in presidential election
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s ruling leftist alliance endorsed Prime Minister Victor Ponta’s candidacy in a Nov. 2 presidential election on Tuesday, with opinion polls showing him leading but not by enough to avoid a runoff ballot.
U.S. nuclear negotiator declines setting deadline on Iran deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The lead U.S. nuclear negotiator declined to give a final deadline on Tuesday for negotiating a final nuclear agreement with Iran, but said participants mean to finish the international talks at the end of the current four-month …
Iraq’s Kurds have right to sell oil while squeezed by Baghdad: MP
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurdish region has the right to keep selling oil as long as the Baghdad government keeps cutting its budget, the head of the Kurdish parliament’s energy committee said on Tuesday, as an oil cargo off Texas was set to be seize…
