Colombia’s president to address nation amid re-election talk
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is scheduled to address the nation on Wednesday night amid speculation he will reveal plans to run for re-election next year in hope of finalizing peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels.
Central African Republic held surrender talks with warlord Kony: U.N., A.U.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Central African Republic has been in contact with warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army fighters to urge them to surrender, but Kony’s whereabouts are still unknown, the United Nations and the African Union s…
Afghanistan-U.S. reach draft security agreement
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Afghanistan on Wednesday reached a draft agreement on a crucial security pact, a day before thousands of Afghan elders are set to debate whether to allow U.S. troops to stay in the country after 2014.
Protest planned at Australian embassy in Jakarta as spy row grows
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia warned travelers to Indonesia of a planned demonstration at its embassy in Jakarta on Thursday as anger grows over reports Canberra spied on top Indonesians, including the president and his wife.
France, Italy call for full-time Eurogroup chief
ROME (Reuters) – France and Italy called on Wednesday for euro zone finance ministers to have a full-time chairman after European Parliament elections in May.
Analysis – Beirut blast: jolt from past and omen of dark future
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thirty years after the Lebanese capital gave birth to the modern suicide bomber, a killer has again driven his explosive-packed car towards an embassy in Beirut, hurling charred corpses through the street.
Ukraine’s Yanukovich playing hardball over EU signing – diplomatic source
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is seeking to outmaneuver the European Union in a tussle over the fate of jailed opponent Yulia Tymoshenko by threatening to pull out of a landmark trade pact next week, a European diplomatic sourc…
French police hold suspect over Paris shootings
PARIS (Reuters) – French police are holding a man on suspicion he opened fire with a shotgun at the offices of a left-wing newspaper and a major bank in Paris, judicial sources said on Wednesday.
Hezbollah calls for calm after Iranian embassy bombing
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Hezbollah leader appealed for calm on Wednesday and an easing of sectarian tensions in Lebanon, a day after twin suicide bombings struck the Iranian embassy in Beirut.
Georgia’s new premier says will seek thaw with Russia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s new premier said on Wednesday his government would stick to the ex-Soviet republic’s pro-Western course but also try to mend relations with Russia, Tbilisi’s old Soviet master and adversary in a five-day war in 2008.
