Mystery African meat piques appetites during China trial
JINAN, China (Reuters) – Testimony in the trial of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai has produced salacious details about the opulent and supposedly corrupt lifestyle of the family of the once high-flying Communist Party aristocrat.
Colombia peace talks suspended after FARC call for pause
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels suspended their participation in peace talks in Cuba on Friday, complicating nine months of painstaking negotiations aimed at ending five decades of bloodshed.
Obama’s national security team to meet on Syria this weekend: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s security advisers will convene at the White House this weekend to discuss U.S. options, including possible military action, against the Syrian government over an apparent chemical weapons attack earlier t…
U.S. defense chief hints at asset positioning ahead of Syria decision
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel strongly suggested on Friday the United States was positioning naval forces and assets in anticipation of any decision by President Barack Obama to order military action on …
Initial Western intelligence finds Syrian forces used chemical weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and allied intelligence agencies have made a preliminary assessment that chemical weapons were used by Syrian forces in an attack near Damascus this week, likely with high-level approval from the government of President Bash…
Mexico finds corpses of youths abducted from club in mass grave
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities have found a mass grave containing the remains of five youths who were among a group of 12 people abducted from a Mexico City club in May, a crime that sparked fears of increasing drug gang violence in the ca…
Brazil’s Rousseff’s popularity rises in poll as economy stumbles
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s popularity recovered from a recent drop caused by massive street protests as the government tried to deal with the sluggish economy and concern that inflation will rise, the Estado de S. P…
U.S. Navy expanding presence in Mediterranean due to Syria: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy will expand its presence in the Mediterranean with a fourth cruise-missile armed warship because of the escalating civil war in Syria, a defense official said on Friday.
Protesting Mexican teachers stir trouble for government reforms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Schoolteachers in Mexico City staging disruptive protests against education reform have fired a warning shot at President Enrique Pena Nieto’s government as it prepares to push an ambitious economic agenda through Congress.
U.N. appeals to Sudan to continue transporting South’s oil
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday urged Sudan not to shut down oil pipelines that are the sole conduit for crude exports from South Sudan, which relies heavily on oil revenues for its economy.
