Exclusive: Canada trimmed Russia sanctions to protect business interests
OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada broke with the United States and did not impose sanctions on two key allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin because the pair had Canadian business interests, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Counting of votes begins in India’s mammoth general election
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Volunteers across India began counting votes on Friday to establish the result of a five-week general election in which an estimated half a billion people cast ballots and opposition leader Narendra Modi is widely expected to win….
Argentine court strikes down ‘truth commission’ deal with Iran
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine Federal court on Thursday struck down an agreement between the South American country and Iran to jointly investigate the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that local courts blamed on Te…
Sudanese woman sentenced to death for converting to Christianity
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A Sudanese court has sentenced a 27-year-old woman to death for converting to Christianity, judicial sources said.
China blames Vietnam, says will not cede inch of disputed territory
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top Chinese general on Thursday defended the deployment of an oil rig that has inflamed tensions in the disputed South China Sea and triggered deadly protests in Vietnam, blaming Hanoi and saying China cannot afford to “lose an…
Nigerian president to visit town where girls were seized
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will on Friday visit the northeastern village where more than 200 schoolgirls were seized a month ago by Islamist rebel group Boko Haram, senior government officials said.
Mass funerals, mounting anger as Turkey mourns mine workers
SOMA, Turkey (Reuters) – Loudspeakers broadcast the names of the dead as rows of graves were filled in this close-knit Turkish mining town on Thursday, while thousands protested in major cities as grief turned to anger following the country’s deadliest…
Exclusive: Iran pursues ballistic missile work, complicating nuclear talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Despite apparently reducing illicit purchases that breach U.N. sanctions, Iran is pursuing development of ballistic missiles, a confidential U.N. report says, posing an acute challenge to six powers negotiating with Tehran to rein in…
Russian police arrest dozens after killing provokes ethnic unrest
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police detained nearly 60 people on Thursday after a demonstration venting anger against immigrants and demanding the arrest of an Uzbek man suspected of killing a local turned violent, Russian media reported.
Explosion kills 43 at Syrian border with Turkey: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 43 people were killed when a car bomb went off at a Syrian border post on the frontier with Turkey on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
