Argentina offers bond swap to skirt U.S. court rulings
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government is proposing a voluntary bond swap on its foreign debt, shifting payments to Buenos Aires, if it cannot overturn U.S. court rulings that threaten to trigger its second debt crisis in just over a decade.
Brazilian foreign minister resigns, heads to U.N.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota resigned on Monday after one of his diplomats acknowledged that he had helped a Bolivian senator, who had been accused of corruption, cross the border into Brazil.
Obama talks Syria with Australia’s Rudd; Rice meets Israelis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama spoke with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday about possible international responses to the Syrian crisis while his national security adviser discussed Syria and security with Israeli officials,…
U.S. points finger at Assad over Syria gas attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry laid the groundwork on Monday for possible military action against the Syrian government over a chemical weapons attack, implicating President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in a “moral obscenity.”
Brazilian Foreign Minister Patriota to step down, move to U.N.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota will leave his post and become Brazil’s representative at the United Nations, the president’s office said on Monday.
U.S. points finger at Assad over Syria gas attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry laid the groundwork on Monday for possible military action against the Syrian government over a chemical weapons attack, implicating President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in a “moral obscenity.”
U.S. lawmakers call on Obama to consult them on Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers urged President Barack Obama on Monday to consult them as he decides how to respond to last week’s apparent poison gas attack in the Damascus suburbs, with some complaining that they have not been fully informed.
Washington warns Assad over ‘undeniable’ chemical weapons attack
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States put Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on notice on Monday that it believes he was responsible for using chemical weapons against civilians last week in what Secretary of State John Kerry called a “moral ob…
Libya warns will destroy tankers illegally exporting oil
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya warned on Monday it will attack and destroy any tanker illegally exporting oil after forces last week fired at a Liberian-flagged tanker close to the country’s largest crude oil export terminal.
Palestinians killed in Israeli raid, peace talks continue
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinians during an early morning raid in a West Bank refugee camp on Monday, hours before negotiators met for another round of peace talks, Palestinian sources said.
