Iran on agenda for White House aide talks in Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice will travel to Israel on Wednesday and Thursday for meetings with Israeli officials in which nuclear talks with Iran will be on the agenda, the White House said on Tuesday.
Panama’s president-elect plans price controls on basic foods
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama’s president-elect will impose price controls on a range of basic foods to dampen rising costs, a step that will hit his bitter rival, outgoing president and supermarket tycoon Ricardo Martinelli.
United Nations disappointed by Congo mass rape trial verdict
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Tuesday it was disappointed by a court judgment in Democratic Republic of Congo that only convicted two Congolese soldiers over a mass rape in 2012 and acquitted another 13 officers.
U.S. sanctions both sides of South Sudan conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday sanctioned two people on opposing sides of the ethnic violence in South Sudan, showing the growing frustration in Washington with leaders in an African country it helped create.
Obama to meet Syrian opposition leader Jarba
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is expected to meet Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba during his visit to Washington over the next week, a White House official said on Tuesday.
Japan, worried about China, strengthens ties with NATO
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, concerned about China’s rising military spending and disputes with Beijing over islands in the East China Sea, signed a new partnership agreement with NATO on Tuesday.
Pistorius accused of intimidating Steenkamp’s friend in court
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius, on trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, tried to intimidate a friend of the former model in court on Tuesday, according to the friend’s lawyer….
Ugandan minister says anti-gay law has little investment impact
LONDON (Reuters) – Uganda’s anti-gay law is having little impact on its ability to attract investment from Western economies and investors, its finance minister said on Tuesday.
Iran’s parliament votes against censuring Zarif over Holocaust stance
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif survived a censure vote in parliament on Tuesday for his refusal to deny the Holocaust, in the latest battle with hardliners trying to undermine President Hassan Rouhani’s overtures to the …
Central African Republic president says to make new government inclusive
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s interim president pledged on Tuesday to overhaul her government and make it more representative, addressing mounting criticism of its failure to stem religious violence that has displaced nearly 1 million p…
