Iran supports proposal on Syria chemical weapons – official
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran supports Russia’s offer to work with Syria to put its chemical weapons under international control, the Iranian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Thai cabinet approves $659 million rubber subsidy scheme: spokesman
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Thai cabinet has approved a 21.2 billion baht ($659 million) budget for subsidies for rubber farmers, double the amount initially proposed last week, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
French unions march in protests against pension reform
PARIS (Reuters) – French unions take to the streets on Tuesday in protest against a reform of the country’s indebted pension system, with some disruption in transport expected but no mass upheaval against an overhaul seen as moderate in scope.
Syria’s Assad regime likely responsible for chemical attack: rights group
(Reuters) – Evidence strongly suggests Syrian government forces were responsible for a poison gas attack that killed more than 1,400 people, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, contradicting repeated denials by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Colombia’s Santos vows to thwart Nicaragua’s ‘expansionist plans’
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday he will do everything in his power to prevent Nicaragua’s “expansionist” ambitions over domestic territory and called an international court ruling that gave waters to Nicaragua i…
Thailand plans to double subsidy on rubber: farm minister
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s cabinet will discuss a proposal on Tuesday to double the subsidy paid to rubber farmers to compensate for low prices, the agriculture minister said, but that may not be enough to placate some farmers who plan further prot…
Egypt tightens Sinai security, assesses militant threat
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has tightened control of crossings from the Sinai peninsula and continued assaults on militants after an Islamist group based there said it tried to kill the interior minister in Cairo last week, the state news agency reported o…
Dismantling Syria chemical weapons arsenal would be tough task
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Any deal with Syria to hand over its chemical weapons in the middle of a chaotic civil war would be difficult for inspectors to enforce and destroying them would likely take years, U.S. officials and experts caution.
Guatemalan bus plunges off cliff, killing at least 43
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when a bus went off a cliff on a hairpin bend in rural Guatemala, tumbling some 200 meters (660 feet) into a river at the bottom of a ravine, officials said.
Smallest victims punctuate U.S. debate on Syria strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the video, a child’s arm violently twitches, an image that left the U.S. Senate Democratic leader struggling to comprehend a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that left an estimated 426 children dead.
