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.
Exclusive: United States defends Syria airstrikes in letter to U.N. chief
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States told the United Nations on Tuesday it led airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria because President Bashar al-Assad’s government had failed to wipe out safe havens used by the group to launch att…
Iraq PM Abadi retires two top generals after Islamic State conquests
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi retired two senior generals on Tuesday as part of an overhaul of the country’s armed forces, which collapsed this summer in the face of Islamic State insurgents who seized wide areas of northern …
Ghana files arbitration suit over border dispute with Ivory Coast
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana has taken legal action under a U.N. convention to resolve a maritime border dispute with Ivory Coast over water close to oil fields licensed by British firm Tullow Oil.
Britain’s Cameron overheard saying Queen ‘purred’ at Scottish ‘No’ vote
MANCHESTER England (Reuters) – Britain’s monarch is famously above politics, but Prime Minister David Cameron was overheard on Tuesday saying Queen Elizabeth had “purred” with happiness when he phoned her to inform her Scotland had voted to reject inde…
