U.S. rebukes Sudan over Darfur violence, wants more from peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday condemned the recent upsurge in violence in Sudan’s western Darfur region, and said civilians are being “terrorized, displaced, and killed” despite the presence of one of the world’s biggest pea…
Missing jet may have strayed to west, Malaysia military says
KUALA LUMPUR/PHU QUOC, Vietnam (Reuters) – Malaysia’s military has traced what could have been the jetliner missing for almost five days to an area south of the Thai holiday island of Phuket, hundreds of miles to the west of its last known position, th…
EU moves toward sanctions on Russians, Obama meets Ukraine PM
BRUSSELS/SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – The EU agreed on a framework on Wednesday for its first sanctions on Russia since the Cold War, a stronger response to the Ukraine crisis than many expected and a mark of solidarity with Washington in the drive …
Indian diplomat in U.S.-India row wins indictment’s dismissal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Indian diplomat charged in New York with visa fraud and making false statements about a domestic worker she employed has won dismissal of a federal indictment, ending a chapter in an dispute that frayed U.S.-Indian diplomatic re…
Israel bombs Gaza militants after intensive rocket fire
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel bombed 29 targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, after Palestinian militants in the coastal territory fired 60 rockets into Israel in the heaviest such barrage since 2012.
Three more die in Venezuela unrest, students battle troops
CARACAS (Reuters) – Protesters battled soldiers in the streets of Caracas again on Wednesday as three more fatal shootings raised to 25 the death toll from a month of demonstrations against Venezuela’s socialist government.
Iran says seals gas export deal with Oman
MUSCAT (Reuters) – Iran has sealed an agreement to export 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year to Oman, Iran’s state news agency IRNA said on Wednesday, in a deal that also involves building a pipeline across the Gulf at a cost of about $1 billion.
Egypt says two Brotherhood members arrested in the Gulf
CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have arrested two members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood at Cairo’s request for committing violence in Port Said before fleeing abroad, Egypt’s prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
Italy presents sweeping tax cuts, plans to raise deficit goal
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday presented a sweeping package of tax cuts, saying they could help economic recovery in the euro zone’s third largest economy without breaking EU budget deficit limits.
Algerian premier to quit to run Bouteflika election campaign: source
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal will resign on Thursday to run the reelection campaign of the country’s ageing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a source close to the presidency said on Wednesday.
