Obama fights foreign policy critics, pledges aid to Syria groups
WEST POINT, N.Y., Reuters) – President Barack Obama fought back against critics of his foreign policy on Wednesday by insisting U.S. reliance on diplomacy over military intervention was working to resolve global crises like Ukraine and Iran, and he ple…
U.S. Navy official says ‘pings’ unlikely from missing Malaysia jet: CNN
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy official said four acoustic pings at the center of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared in March, are no longer believed to be from the aircraft’s black boxes, according to a report by …
Obama fights foreign policy critics, pledges aid to Syria groups
WEST POINT, N.Y., Reuters) – President Barack Obama fought back against critics of his foreign policy on Wednesday by insisting U.S. reliance on diplomacy over military intervention was working to resolve global crises like Ukraine and Iran, and he ple…
At least 54 killed in Iraqi violence
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Violence rocked Iraq on Wednesday as at least 54 people died in car bombings, suicide attacks and assassinations around the country.
Egypt’s Sisi heads for big win in early provisional count
CAIRO (Reuters) – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected leader, was on course for a sweeping victory in the country’s presidential election on Wednesday, early provisional results showed.
Libya standoff emerges as premier refuses to yield to successor
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s acting prime minister, Abdullah Al-Thinni, on Wednesday refused to hand over power to a newly elected premier after questioning his legitimacy in a deepening confrontation among the OPEC nation’s rival factions.
East Ukraine city largely calm after battle, rebels seek Russian help
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Relative calm returned to the streets of Donetsk on Wednesday after the biggest battle of the pro-Russian separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine, a conflict transformed by the landslide election of a pro-European leader who …
Japan & Australia consider submarine deal that could rattle China
TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Japan will get the chance to pursue an unprecedented military export deal when its defense and foreign ministers meet their Australian counterparts in Tokyo next month.
Colombia Conservative Party divided over run-off support
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Marta Lucia Ramirez, who came third in Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, threw her support behind right-wing contender Oscar Ivan Zuluaga for June’s run-off, even while most lawmakers from her party will back incumbent Juan…
Boko Haram still holding 219 girls, after escape of four more reported
MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) – Four more of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month have escaped than previously thought, Nigeria’s Borno state said on Wednesday, but 219 others were still missing and assumed held by the Islamist militants.
