U.S.’s Burns to stay involved in Iran talks after he retires
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns and White House aide Jake Sullivan will remain involved in the nuclear talks with Iran after they leave their current posts, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.
Exclusive: Brazil’s Neves to allow currency to float freely if elected
BRASILIA (Reuters) – If Aecio Neves wins the presidency this October, he would allow Brazil’s currency to float freely, leaving the market to set the exchange rate in a move that would likely help local industries struggling with a strong real.
Scottish nationalist leader faces opposition criticism over sterling
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – An independent Scotland cannot be stopped from using sterling even if London refuses a formal currency union, nationalist leader Alex Salmond said on Thursday, just two days after he failed to win a televised debate dominated by t…
Libya militia clashes spread beyond Tripoli towards Zawiya oil port
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Clashes in Libya spread from Tripoli to the western town of Zawiya near Tunisia’s border, where a large oil port is located, killing four people over the last two days, local town council officials said on Thursday.
Kerry in Kabul to try to break deadlock over Afghan presidency
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday for his second visit in under a month to push a deal between the country’s two presidential candidates on how to share power after an audit of a disputed election i…
Cockpit voice recorder in crashed Air Algerie jet unintelligible
PARIS (Reuters) – Cockpit voice recordings from an Air Algerie jet that crashed last month in northern Mali are unintelligible, investigators said on Thursday, depriving them of vital clues on what sent it into a sudden plunge that killed all 116 passe…
Kurds use well-oiled lobbying to plead for help in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When radical Islamic forces threatening to dismember Iraq unexpectedly captured several towns from the Peshmerga Kurdish fighters last weekend, the Kurds’ public relations machine quickly seized on the setback to boost their case…
Palestinian shift brings war crimes case closer to Israel
THE HAGUE/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The possibility of a war crimes investigation into the conduct of Israeli forces in Gaza, until recently unthinkable, has grown after the Palestinians said this week they wanted to become a party to the International Cri…
Exclusive: China police investigate U.S. citizen near border with North Korea – source
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – A Korean-American who runs a Christian NGO in a Chinese city on the border with North Korea is being investigated by Chinese authorities and has had his bank accounts frozen, a source with direct knowledge of the case told Reu…
Militants pull out of Lebanese border town with captives
OUTSKIRTS OF ARSAL Lebanon (Reuters) – Militant Islamists withdrew from a Lebanese border town they seized at the weekend, ending five days of deadly fighting but taking with them captured Lebanese soldiers as hostages, militant and security sources sa…
