Iranian leader’s smooth diplomacy poses new challenge for Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A charm offensive toward the West by Iran’s new president and his nuanced approach to his predecessor’s Holocaust denial have run into an Israeli wall of suspicion hardened by Tehran’s nuclear pursuits.
Ukraine confident EU solution on Tymoshenko will be found
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ukraine, which is hoping to sign a historic free-trade agreement with the European Union in November, is confident it will resolve the status of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said on…
Ugandan teachers suspend strike after promise over pay
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan teachers suspended a strike for higher pay on Wednesday after the government pledged to meet their 20 percent pay raise demand at a time of strained resources after Western donors cut off direct budget support over corruptio…
Venezuela seizes cocaine bound for flight to Spain
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela said on Wednesday it had foiled smugglers trying to place cocaine on an Iberia flight to Spain while the number of people arrested in Venezuela over last week’s discovery of 1.3 tonnes of the drug on an Air France flight r…
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off southern coast of Peru
LIMA (Reuters) – A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Peru’s southern coast on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Society said, shaking buildings in the capital of Lima at least 300 miles away.
Kazakh oligarch’s family accuses Italian officials of kidnap
ROME (Reuters) – The family of a Kazakh oligarch accused of embezzling $6 billion from his former bank filed a criminal complaint on Wednesday against unnamed Italian government officials accusing them of helping Kazakh diplomats kidnap his wife and si…
Bundestag opens job center for Merkel’s defeated allies
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s labor office set up shop in parliament on Wednesday to advise hundreds of Free Democratic Party employees cast adrift by Sunday’s election, which left the FDP unrepresented in the Bundestag (lower house) for the first time …
No verification that Americans involved in Kenya attack: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday there had been no verification that Americans were involved in a deadly attack at a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya.
Syria rebels reject opposition coalition, call for Islamic leadership
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thousands of Syrian rebels have broken with the Western-backed coalition and called for a new Islamist front, undermining international efforts to build up a pro-Western military force to replace President Bashar al-Assad.
Czech tycoon to enter parliament on wave of voter anger
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Slovak-born billionaire Andrej Babis has built up the biggest Czech food, agriculture and chemicals group but got so upset with politicians in the process that he now aims to enter parliament himself in next month’s election.
