Panama Canal says talks ongoing with consortium to resume project
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – The Panama Canal’s administrator said on Tuesday it was holding ongoing talks with a building consortium led by Spain’s Sacyr aimed at jumpstarting a stalled project to expand the waterway, which ran aground amid a dispute over …
Obama says U.S. will deal harshly with violators of Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama issued a sharp warning on Tuesday to companies eyeing business deals with Iran, saying the United States would come down like a “ton of bricks” on those that violated sanctions against Tehran.
U.N.’s Ban to France: Mull more troops for Central African Republic
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday he has asked France to consider sending more troops to the Central African Republic because the international response to the crisis “does not yet match the gravity of the si…
U.S. ambassador to meet India’s Modi, ending isolation
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to New Delhi is to meet the Hindu nationalist who could be India’s next prime minister, softening Washington’s stance towards a man denied a U.S. visa nearly a decade ago.
U.S. condemns Afghan decision to go ahead with detainee release
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday condemned a decision by the Afghan government to proceed with plans to release additional detainees that the United States believes pose a militant threat.
Syria peace talks make little progress, says envoy
GENEVA (Reuters) – Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition are not making much progress, the international mediator said on Tuesday after a face-to-face meeting of the warring parties in Geneva that both sides called fruitless.
Obama says U.S., France agree on continued enforcement of Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and France agree on the need to enforce existing sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
Spanish parliament to press on with restrictive abortion bill
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Socialists failed on Tuesday to block an unpopular draft law restricting women’s access to abortions, which has sparked large protests across the country and caused rare rifts in the conservative People’s Party (PP) that spon…
China bristling, Spain seeks to curb its judges’ international rights clout
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament voted on Tuesday to fast-track a law limiting judges’ ability to go after alleged human rights abusers around the world, a day after Spanish arrest orders were issued for former Chinese officials accused of genocid…
Pakistani judge reopens 2012 ‘honor killing’ case
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani judge re-examining allegations of a mass “honor killing” on Tuesday ordered the case reopened, a lawyer involved in the case said.
