Colombia, FARC agree on rebels’ future if peace signed
BOGOTA/HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and Marxist FARC rebels reached a “fundamental agreement” on the guerrillas’ future in politics, one of the thorniest issues addressed in peace talks in Cuba, according to a joint statement on Wednesday.
UK spy chiefs to be quizzed in public for first time, on Snowden
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s intelligence chiefs will give their first ever public testimony on Thursday when they are cross-examined together in parliament about the case of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden.
NATO war games worry Moscow
ADAZI, Latvia (Reuters) – NATO is staging its biggest military exercise in seven years this week in the Baltic countries and Poland but its insistence that the drills are not aimed at sharpening defenses against a resurgent Russia have not convinced Mo…
China military hackers persist despite being outed by U.S.: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The disclosure early this year of a secretive Chinese military unit believed to be behind a series of hacking attacks has failed to halt the cyber intrusions, a U.S. computer security company and congressional advisory panel said…
Bombings in Damascus, southern Syrian city kill 16
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A car bomb killed at least eight security personnel in a rare attack on a military intelligence headquarters in the southern Syrian city of Suweida on Wednesday, and a separate blast killed eight people in Damascus.
Powers seek ‘first step’ nuclear deal with Iran in Geneva talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – World powers will seek to hammer out a breakthrough deal with Iran to start resolving a decade-old dispute over its nuclear program in two-day talks that begin on Thursday, though both sides say an agreement is far from certain.
Congo’s FDLR rebels now in peacekeepers’ sights: U.N. Security Council
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – After the success of the Congolese army and U.N. peacekeepers in defeating M23 rebels, the U.N. Security Council agreed on Wednesday that attention should now turn to tackling other armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic…
U.S. looking for ‘first step’ from Iran in nuclear talks
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States increased pressure on Iran on Wednesday to agree in the next two days a “first step” nuclear deal that would see it halt expansion of its atomic program and reverse parts of it.
No end in sight for Toronto mayor crack saga
TORONTO (Reuters) – Protesters left colorful chalk messages on walls and pavement outside Toronto City Hall on Wednesday urging Mayor Rob Ford to quit after his bombshell admission on Tuesday that he has smoked crack cocaine.
Insight: Failure to end China’s labor camps shows limits of Xi’s power
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has been blocked in efforts to dismantle the country’s labor camp system in a clear sign that he has yet to cement his grip on the ruling Communist Party a year after gaining power, leadership sources sa…
