Toronto City Council asks Mayor Rob Ford to go away
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto City Council asked embattled Mayor Rob Ford on Wednesday to take a break from his job to deal with “personal issues”, which he admits include both buying illegal drugs and smoking crack cocaine.
Sudanese man killed as foreign workers clash with Saudi police
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Sudanese man was killed in a second flare of clashes since Saturday between Saudi riot police, citizens and foreign workers in Riyadh amid a clampdown on visas, state media said late on Wednesday.
U.S. designates Nigeria militant groups as terrorists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States formally designated the Nigerian Islamist militant groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as foreign terrorist organizations on Wednesday, making it a crime to provide them with material support.
Desperate Philippine typhoon survivors loot, dig up water pipes
TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) – Desperation gripped Philippine islands devastated by Typhoon Haiyan as looting turned deadly on Wednesday and survivors panicked over shortages of food, water and medicine, some digging up underground water pipes and s…
Attempt on Uribe’s life would destroy Colombia peace process, negotiator says
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s lead representative in peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels said on Wednesday that any attack against former President Alvaro Uribe would destroy the negotiations.
Israel warns of war from Iran ‘bad deal’, sees big sanctions cut
(Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that a “bad deal” with Iran on its nuclear program could lead to war and his aides challenged U.S. assertions to have offered Tehran only “modest” relief from sanctions.
Palestinian peace talks delegation resigns, Abbas says
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday his delegation of peace negotiators has resigned over the lack of progress in U.S.-brokered statehood talks with Israel that have been clouded by Jewish settlement bu…
Syrian Kurdish leader claims military gains against Islamists
PARIS (Reuters) – Islamist groups in northern Syria are weakening after months of fighting and Kurdish militias are gaining ground, a top Kurdish leader said on Wednesday, vowing to continue their advances.
Ukraine parliament deadlock on Tymoshenko clouds EU signing
KIEV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament failed on Wednesday to agree on a draft law allowing jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to go to Germany for medical treatment, clouding prospects for signing landmark agreements with the European U…
Polish president apologizes for Russian embassy violence
MOSCOW/WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s President apologized on Wednesday after far-right protesters threw firecrackers at the Russian embassy in Warsaw, triggering a tit-for-tat attack in Moscow and a heated diplomatic spat.
