Venezuela says U.S. expels three diplomats in a dispute
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s government said on Wednesday that Washington had expelled Venezuela’s highest-ranking diplomat in the United States and two others from its embassy in a tit-for-tat measure after Venezuela booted out three…
Baluch separatists threaten more attacks in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A prominent separatist commander in Pakistan’s mineral-rich Baluchistan threatened on Wednesday to step up attacks on security forces after at least two soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb in the vast and lawless region.
Guinea to start releasing results of legislative election
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea pledged to begin releasing results from a weekend legislative election on Wednesday as they trickle in from 12,000 polling stations across the West African country, reversing a decision to delay their publication.
Libyan oil back in days – politics permitting, says minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Libya’s oil exports could return to full capacity in days once strikes in the restive east end, its oil minister said on Wednesday
U.N. nuclear fuel bank could be inaugurated by late 2014: donor
VIENNA (Reuters) – A plan partly funded by Warren Buffett to set up a U.N. nuclear fuel bank to help prevent the spread of atomic weapons could still be inaugurated by late 2014 despite slower-than-expected progress, according to one of its main backer…
For China, Turkey missile deal a victory even if it doesn’t happen
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Turkey’s $4 billion order for a Chinese missile defense system is a breakthrough for China in its bid to become a supplier of advanced weapons, even though opposition from Washington and NATO threatens to derail the deal.
France’s Hollande tells ministers to end Roma row
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande told two of his top ministers on Wednesday they should end a public row over France’s policy towards its Roma population if they wanted to stay in his government.
UK’s Cameron puts economy center-stage in re-election bid
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron cast a national election in 2015 as a choice between his “pro-business” ruling Conservative party and what he called the anti-business opposition Labour party.
Russia charges Greenpeace activists with piracy
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities charged Greenpeace activists from several nations with piracy on Wednesday over a protest against Arctic oil drilling at a platform owned by the state-controlled energy company Gazprom, the environmental group sai…
Afghans baulk at U.S. push for operations after 2014: spokesman
KABUL (Reuters) – A U.S. bid to run unilateral counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan after 2014 is threatening to derail a security pact between the two countries, an Afghan spokesman said, underlining Afghanistan’s tenuous ties with its main bac…
