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.
Libya’s Berbers boycott charter talks, protests cut oil output
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s Berber minority will boycott a committee to draft a new national constitution, the election commission said, in a move that complicate attempts to end oil and gas protests which have dented output.
Angola detains four for kidnap, possible murder, of two protesters
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angolan authorities have detained four people for the suspected kidnapping and possible killing of two protest organizers who have been missing since May 2012, the prosecution service (PGR) said on Wednesday.
Three killed in clashes in Central African Republic’s capital
BANGUI (Reuters) – Three people were killed and several wounded in Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Wednesday in clashes between security forces and former rebel fighters, police and government officials said.
