Hezbollah leader opposes U.S.-led action in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of Hezbollah said on Tuesday he opposed U.S-led air strikes on Syria, where his Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim group has been fighting alongside forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
Vatican arrests former archbishop on paedophilia charges
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Tuesday arrested a former archbishop accused of paying for sex with children while he was a papal ambassador in the Dominican Republic, the first-ever arrest inside the city state on charges of paedophilia.
Confusion over returning French ‘jihadis’ suspected of Syria links
PARIS (Reuters) – High confusion surrounded the fate of three men suspected of joining militants in Syria, after a plan to detain them on their return to France on Tuesday collapsed because security forces waited for them at the wrong airport.
Briton held by Islamic State sends audio message to family
LONDON (Reuters) – The wife of a British aid worker being held by Islamic State – the militant group targeted by U.S. and Gulf Arab air strikes in Syria – said on Tuesday she had received an audio message from her husband.
Afghanistan’s Karzai criticizes U.S., Pakistan in farewell speech
KABUL (Reuters) – Outgoing President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday blamed the United States for Afghanistan’s long war in a final swipe at the country that helped bring him to power 13 years ago but towards which he has become increasingly bitter.
Iran nuclear deal would boost cooperation, Rouhani says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If Iran and world powers reach a long-term nuclear deal that ends sanctions against Tehran, the agreement will open the door to deeper cooperation on regional peace and stability and the fight against terrorism, Iran’s president sa…
Snap polls looming, Greece may opt for unusual president: Deputy PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Greece’s coalition government may propose a non-political figure for president in March to seek consensus and avoid snap elections that could derail its economic progress, Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos told Reuters on T…
Exclusive: Courting Vietnam, U.S. prepares to ease arms embargo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearly 40 years after the United States helicoptered its last soldiers out of Vietnam in an ignominious retreat, Washington is moving closer to lifting an arms embargo on its former enemy, with initial sales likely to help Hanoi …
Britain’s Labour leader bids to be next PM, tacks left
MANCHESTER England (Reuters) – Opposition Labour party leader Ed Miliband cast himself as Britain’s prime minister-in-waiting eight months before an election, pledging to wring money from wealthy home owners, hedge funds and tobacco companies to fund b…
U.S. forecasts more than 500,000 Ebola cases in West Africa
NEW YORK/GENEVA (Reuters) – Global experts issued stark new warnings of the scale of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak on Tuesday, with the U.S. government estimating between 550,000 and 1.4 million people might be infected in the region by January.
