Britain pushes U.N. resolution against ransom payments to extremists
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Britain submitted a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that calls on countries to prevent the payment of kidnap ransoms to extremist groups, like al Qaeda, which have earned hundreds of millions of dolla…
Defense chief could sign Afghan pact instead of Karzai: Kerry
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry suggested on Tuesday that Afghanistan’s defense minister or government, instead of a reluctant President Hamid Karzai, could sign a security pact enabling some U.S. troops to stay in the country a…
British news staff may face terrorism charges over Snowden leaks
LONDON (Reuters) – British police are examining whether Guardian newspaper staff should be investigated for terrorism offenses over their handling of data leaked by Edward Snowden, Britain’s senior counter-terrorism officer said on Tuesday.
Mexico leftist Lopez Obrador has heart attack but is improving
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who was runner-up to President Enrique Pena Nieto in last year’s presidential election, is fine after being admitted to hospital with a heart condition, his spokesman said on Tuesday….
Arafat did not die of poisoning, French tests conclude
PARIS (Reuters) – Yasser Arafat was not the victim of poisoning, French forensic scientists concluded on Tuesday, countering a Swiss report on the 2004 death of the Palestinian leader that found he was probably killed with radioactive polonium.
Approval for Russia’s Putin lowest since 2000: opinion poll
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Rising prices and an economic slowdown helped drive President Vladimir Putin’s public approval rating to its lowest level in more than 13 years last month, a Russian polling agency said on Tuesday.
Police officer feared Woolwich suspect would kill her, court hears
LONDON (Reuters) – A police officer who arrived shortly after a British soldier was hacked to death in broad daylight on a London street thought she too was going to be killed by one of the suspected murderers, the Old Bailey court was told on Tuesday….
Russia’s Putin, Saudi Prince Bandar discuss Syria, Iran: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan near Moscow and discussed the war in Syria and Iran’s nuclear program, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
France to allow armed security guards on its ships
PARIS (Reuters) – France is to allow private armed guards to protect its shipping fleet against pirates, the government said on Tuesday.
Mexico leftist Lopez Obrador is fine after heart trouble sends him to hospital
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who was runner-up to President Enrique Pena Nieto in last year’s presidential election, is fine after being admitted to hospital with a heart condition, his spokesman said on Tuesday….
