Afghan candidates’ unity pledge eases NATO’s worries
NEWPORT Wales/KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates pledged to NATO leaders on Thursday that they would form a government of national unity and sign legal agreements allowing foreign troops to stay on next year.
China tobacco monopoly blocks full ban on tobacco ads: sources
BEIJING (Reuters) – Intense lobbying by China’s powerful state tobacco monopoly resulted in the weakening of controversial legislation that had been meant to introduce a complete advertising ban in the world’s largest consumer and producer of tobacco, …
Belgium ordered to pay accused bomb plotter extradited to U.S.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that European states should not extradite people to face the rest of their lives behind bars without the possibility of release, ordering Belgium to pay a settlement to a Tunisia…
‘Love Jihad’ and religious conversion polarize in Modi’s India
HASAYAN India (Reuters) – Fired up and full of vitriol, Hindu activist Rajeshwar Singh is on a mission to end centuries of religious diversity in India, one conversion at a time.
NATO, wary of ceasefire talk, blasts Russia over Ukraine
NEWPORT Wales (Reuters) – NATO demanded on Thursday that Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine as U.S. President Barack Obama and his Western allies vowed to support Kiev and buttress their own defenses against Russia in the biggest strategic shift s…
Ukraine and rebels back peace plan, ceasefire from Friday
NEWPORT Wales/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires on Friday, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five-month war in …
U.N. cites concerns over possible gaps in Syria’s declared chemical arms
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday that discrepancies and questions still surround Syria’s chemical weapons declaration as the United States expressed concern that any omitted toxins could fall into the hands of the Islamic …
Afghan candidates’ unity pledge eases NATO’s worries
NEWPORT Wales/KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates pledged to NATO leaders on Thursday that they would form a government of national unity and sign legal agreements allowing foreign troops to stay on next year.
Israel says it gagged reports captive Sotloff was its citizen
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Thursday it had prevented local media from reporting that slain U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff was also an Israeli citizen, in a bid to reduce the risk to him after he was seized by Islamist insurgents in Syria last…
Belgium ordered to pay accused bomb plotter extradited to U.S
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that European states should not extradite people to face the rest of their lives behind bars without the possibility of release, ordering Belgium to pay a settlement to a Tunisia…
