Iran and U.S. agree final nuclear deal may be unreachable
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States and long-time arch-foe Iran agree on at least one thing ahead of Tuesday’s negotiations on a long-term nuclear deal – reaching an agreement will be very difficult, if not impossible.
Sinai-Based militant group claims responsibility for Egypt’s tourist bus blast
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Sinai-based Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a blast on a tourist bus that killed two South Koreans and the Egyptian driver on Sunday, the group said in a statement.
Building collapse at South Korean resort kills 10: officials
GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – Ten people attending a welcoming party for new university students were killed when a building at a South Korean mountain resort collapsed late on Monday, emergency officials said, trapping dozens in snow and rubble fo…
North Korea crimes evoke Nazi era, Kim may face charges: U.N. inquiry
GENEVA (Reuters) – North Korean security chiefs and possibly even Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un himself should face international justice for ordering systematic torture, starvation and killings comparable to Nazi-era atrocities, U.N. investigators said o…
Russia boosts Ukraine’s Yanukovich with $2 billion fresh credit
KIEV (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday it would give Ukraine a fresh cash injection of $2 billion to support its heavily indebted economy in a boost to the embattled president in Kiev, who has been forced onto the back foot by 12 weeks of unrest.
Venezuela expels three U.S. diplomats, protests rumble
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela gave three U.S. diplomats 48 hours to leave the country on Monday, accusing them of conspiring against the government to incite protests that were the OPEC nation’s most serious violence since President Nicolas Maduro’s Ap…
Asylum seekers injured in incident at PNG centre: Australia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A group of people seeking asylum in Australia rioted and breached fences at a Papua New Guinea processing centre, the second serious incident in two days, Australia’s immigration minister said on Tuesday.
Honduras murder rate falls in 2013, but remains world’s highest
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The murder rate in Honduras, the Central American country with the world’s highest number of homicides per capita, fell last year according to a United Nations-affiliated report released on Monday, although the number of “atroci…
Former president Chirac hospitalised, life not in danger: source
PARIS (Reuters) – Former French President Jacques Chirac was admitted to a hospital near Paris on Monday for examinations due to pain linked to gout, a source close to his family said.
Netanyahu says Israeli high-tech stronger than boycotters
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced confidence on Monday that world demand for Israeli high technology will enable his country to outflank pro-Palestinian groups advocating its economic boycott.
