Kerry to join Iran nuclear talks in bid to reach deal
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will join talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Geneva on Saturday, as Tehran and six world powers appeared to be on the verge of an elusive breakthrough in the decade-old dispute.
France’s Hollande to make state visit to U.S. next year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande and first lady Valerie Trierweiler will make a state visit to the United States in February, the White House said on Friday.
Afghanistan rejects U.S. call for quick security deal
KABUL (Reuters) – The future of U.S. troops in Afghanistan remained in doubt on Friday after a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai rejected a U.S. call to sign a security pact by the end of the year rather than after next year’s presidential election….
Son of U.S. man held in North Korea says has not heard from father
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The son of an 85-year-old California retiree and Korean War veteran who was detained by North Korean authorities last month during a trip to the reclusive Asian nation said on Friday he has had no communication with his father s…
U.N. task force looking into one of next Congo targets: Islamist ADF
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – After the defeat of M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, U.N. peacekeepers are trying to learn more about one of their next targets in a region overrun by armed groups – the Allied Democratic Forces, Islamist e…
Death toll jumps over 50 in Latvian supermarket collapse
RIGA (Reuters) – Rescue workers pulled bodies from the ruins of a collapsed supermarket in the Latvian capital Riga on Friday as the death toll rose to 51 in the Baltic state’s worst disaster in decades.
Child killed by gunfire in clashes in Egypt’s Suez city
CAIRO (Reuters) – A 10-year-old boy was shot dead on Friday near the scene of clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in Egypt’s northern city of Suez, security and medical sources said.
French shooting suspect placed under investigation
PARIS (Reuters) – A Frenchman suspected of shooting a man at a newspaper office and firing into the lobby of a bank has been placed under preliminary investigation for attempted murder, a prosecutor said on Friday.
33 mutilated corpses found in hidden graves in Mexico drug lands
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 33 mutilated corpses have been found buried in an area of western Mexico where drug cartels are battling each other, officials said on Friday, the latest in a series of grisly finds amid a scourge of gang-related violen…
North Korea confirms detention of U.S. citizen: State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea has confirmed through Swedish officials in Pyongyang that it has detained a U.S. citizen, a State Department official said on Friday, after reports that an 85-year-old California man was pulled off a plane as he was a…
