UK’s Osborne accused of claiming false victory in EU budget row
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne was criticized by the head of a parliamentary committee on Wednesday for claiming victory in a row with the European Union over an unexpected bill that triggered a diplomatic bust up with EU of…
Over 120,000 pro-Assad fighters killed in Syria conflict: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 120,000 fighters supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the country’s civil war since it began in 2011, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday.
Spy freed by Cuba ID’d key Cuban agents in U.S. government: U.S. spy chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Cuban national freed from prison by the Cuban government provided “critical assistance” to United States agencies in exposing Cuban agents who had infiltrated the U.S. government, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence’s office said on Wednesday.
India goes on security alert weeks before Obama trip
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has put security agencies on nationwide alert for a militant strike in the lead-up to a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama next month, citing an assault on a Pakistani school this week as a warning signal.
U.S. to open embassy in Havana, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to open an embassy in Havana, a U.S. official said on Wednesday before President Barack Obama’s expected announcement on a policy shift with Cuba.
UK came ‘within days’ of Sydney-style terror attack: top policeman
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain thwarted a Sydney-style ‘lone wolf’ attack just days before it was due to happen, London’s top policeman said on Wednesday, saying his force had foiled five terror plots in the last four months alone.
U.S. to open embassy in Cuba: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is planning to open an embassy in Cuba as part of its plan to open talks and normalize relations with the island nation, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials.
U.N. Security Council renews cross-border Syria aid authorization
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday renewed for 12 months its authorization for humanitarian access without Syrian government consent into rebel-held areas of Syria at four border crossings from Turkey, Iraq and Jordan.
Afghan spy chief laments intelligence vacuum as foreign troops leave
KABUL (Reuters) – The departure of most foreign troops from Afghanistan has left an intelligence-gathering vacuum that facilitates Taliban attacks, the head of the Afghan spy agency said on Wednesday.
Latin American leftist exiles hold faith in Maduro’s Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s aging community of fugitives from 1970s South American dictatorships are staying loyal to their revolutionary roots and defending President Nicolas Maduro at one of his “Chavista” socialist movement’s lowest ebbs.
