Secretary of State Kerry spoke with Syrian opposition leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to the Syrian opposition leader on Saturday to underscore the determination of the United States to hold the Syrian government accountable for using chemical weapons, a U.S. official said.
France’s Hollande reaffirms will to sanction Syria
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande reaffirmed to U.S. President Barack Obama in a telephone call on Saturday his will to sanction Syria for a chemical attack this month, a source close to Hollande told Reuters.
India could save $8.5 billion by buying extra Iranian oil: minister
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India could save $8.5 billion in foreign exchange spending on crude oil imports in 2013/14 if it relied more on supplies from Iran, which is able to accept payment in rupees, India’s Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily said.
Analysing Syrian chemical weapons evidence could take three weeks: agency
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Fully assessing the evidence collected by weapons inspectors investigating last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria could take up to three weeks, the organization in charge of the investigation said on Saturday.
British PM says understands, supports Obama position on Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday he supported Barack Obama’s position on Syria after the U.S. president said he would seek a congressional vote for military action in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack….
U.N. rejects suggestion it’s pulling out of Syria to allow strikes
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations on Saturday vehemently rejected suggestions that the world body was somehow stepping aside to allow U.S. air strikes on Syria over an alleged chemical attack, saying its humanitarian work in the conflict-ra…
War talk means more worry for Syrians living in United States
PATERSON, New Jersey (Reuters) – As President Barack Obama tries to persuade Congress that the time has come for military action in Syria, one slice of the population – immigrants from that war-torn country – has more cause to worry.
Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie in ‘good health’: Egypt ministry
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday that the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, was in good health and denied reports that he had died from a heart attack in prison.
Analysis – Obama and Syria: The education of a reluctant war president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – He was the peace candidate who became a war president, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has regularly ordered executions by drone.
Car bomb in Iraqi city of Ramadi kills 12
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – A car bomb killed 12 people and wounded at least 20 other in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Saturday, police and medical sources said.
