Israel, Palestinians at U.N. accuse each other of sabotaging peace
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian envoys on Tuesday took advantage of a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Middle East to publicly blame each other for the latest breakdown in the fragile peace negotiations as the deadline for a deal…
U.N. renews Western Sahara mission, but without rights monitors
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council renewed a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara for another year on Tuesday, and urged all sides to respect human rights, but it did not call for the Uni…
Ukraine separatists seize second provincial capital, fire on police
LUHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Hundreds of pro-Moscow separatists stormed government buildings in one of Ukraine’s provincial capitals on Tuesday and fired on police holed up in a regional headquarters, a major escalation of their revolt despite new West…
Two aides to Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief plead guilty in U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In one of the most high-profile international drug cases in the United States, two aides to Guinea Bissau’s former navy chief, Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, have pleaded guilty in New York to their roles in a major cocaine trafficki…
Brunei adopts sharia law, others in region consider it
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The sultanate of Brunei this week becomes the first East Asian country to introduce Islamic criminal law, the latest example of a deepening religious conservatism that has also taken root in parts of neighboring Malaysia and In…
Secularist underdogs fight to be heard in Iraq election
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – “I am Iraqi, so do I exist?” is the question posed on the Civil Democratic Alliance’s Facebook page.
UK PM Cameron faces vote test after lawmaker’s resignation
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron faces a potentially awkward test of voter support following the resignation on Tuesday of lawmaker Patrick Mercer, a former member of his Conservative party.
Chemical watchdog to investigate Syria chlorine gas claims
AMSTERDAM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The global chemical weapons watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria’s toxic stockpile will send a fact-finding mission to Syria to investigate allegations by rebels and activists of chlorine gas attacks, the organizati…
Seeking deals, France rolls out red carpet for Angolan leader
PARIS (Reuters) – French officials welcomed Angola’s president on Tuesday for the first time in 20 years, hailing his economic reforms in the clearest sign yet that Paris is turning its diplomatic focus to winning overseas contracts.
Fire at Russian munitions depot kills 7, halts Transsiberian railway
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Explosions caused by a fire at a munitions depot in Eastern Siberia killed at least seven people and closed a section of the Transsiberian railway on Tuesday, local authorities said.
