Rivals look on China’s new security body with hope, and caution
HONG KONG (Reuters) – When Chinese leader Xi Jinping met U.S. President Barack Obama at the “Sunnylands Summit” in California in June, Xi’s aides peppered their American counterparts with questions about the inner workings of the National Security Coun…
Analysis: Reversible Iran deal puts more pressure on final talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – By dropping earlier demands that Iran shut down an underground uranium enrichment plant and ship material out of the country as part of a preliminary deal, nuclear negotiators have kicked some of the toughest questions forward to tal…
Bahamas seeks talks with Haiti after deadly migrant voyage
NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) – The Bahamas government on Wednesday called for urgent talks with Haiti and other nations in a bid to discourage illegal migrant voyages like the one this week that ended with 30 Haitians believed to have died when their boat…
Panama freeing most of North Korean crew in smuggled arms case
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama is freeing most of the 35 North Korean crew members it detained more than four months ago for smuggling Cuban weapons aboard a ship, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
Libya struggles to pay salaries, more clashes erupt
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Wednesday his government will be unable to pay public salaries and may have to seek loans if armed militias blockading oilfields and ports continue to choke off crude shipmen…
UK clashes with EU over plan to curb migrant benefits
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled plans to limit European Union migrants’ access to welfare in Britain and said he wanted eventually to restrict migrants from poorer EU states relocating to richer ones, stirring a row with the Eu…
FARC peace may cut Colombia cocaine, but synthetic drugs new scourge
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A peace deal between FARC rebels and the Colombian government would greatly help cut cocaine production in Colombia, but officials fear new crime gangs could fill the gap while anti-narcotics police fight a new scourge: synthetic dru…
Witness-tampering charges could derail Bemba war crimes trial
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A lawyer for former Congo vice-president and war crimes suspect Jean-Pierre Bemba went on trial himself on Wednesday on charges of colluding with his client and three others to mislead the court with forged documents and bribed wi…
Kenyan president vetoes ‘unconstitutional’ media law
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s president vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have imposed fines and restrictions on journalists, saying it was unconstitutional, the first time he has used his power to reject legislation.
Ukraine president tells EU to keep off Tymoshenko case
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said the European Union should stop meddling in the fate of his rival, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and that her imprisonment should not hinder Kiev’s integration with Europe.
