Kenya has ‘defeated’ mall attackers: president
NAIROBI (Reuters) – President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday that Kenya had defeated the militants who had attacked a Nairobi shopping mall and held out there for four days.
Obama urges U.N. to back tough consequences for Syria over chemical weapons
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama urged the United Nations on Tuesday to back tough consequences for Syria if it refuses to give up chemical weapons and urged Russia and Iran to drop their backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assa…
Venezuela arrests five more soldiers over big Air France cocaine haul
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has arrested five more National Guard soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, in connection with the smuggling of 1.3 tonnes of cocaine on an Air France flight from Caracas to Paris, prosecutors in the South American cou…
New Italian targets show lack of progress since Berlusconi’s fall
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s latest economic forecasts reveal how little progress has been made to fix its finances and restore growth since Silvio Berlusconi was forced from office at the height of the euro zone debt crisis in November 2011.
Serbian ruling parties oust opposition leader as Belgrade mayor
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s governing parties toppled opposition Democratic Party leader Dragan Djilas from the high-profile post of Belgrade mayor on Tuesday, in a show of power that could be a prelude to early parliamentary elections.
At U.N., Brazil’s Rousseff blasts U.S. spying as breach of law
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff used her position as the opening speaker at the U.N. General Assembly to accuse the United States of violating human rights and international law through espionage that included spying on he…
Turkey says world has responsibility to end Syria war
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Turkey called on Tuesday for a more robust international effort to end Syria’s civil war, saying the global community had a responsibility not to abandon the Syrian people.
U.S. seeks to play down expectations for Iran talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States does not expect this week’s planned meeting between major powers and Iran’s foreign minister on the Iranian nuclear program to resolve any issues but hopes it can chart a way forward, a senior U.S. official …
UK’s Labour draws 2015 election battle lines against ‘privileged few’
BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband pledged on Tuesday to end a cost of living crisis by tapping energy firms and big companies for billions of pounds, seeking to win over skeptical voters before the 2015 electi…
In Baghdad bastion, grieving Shi’ites call for revenge
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The red flag of revenge flies over a house in Baghdad’s Shi’ite stronghold of Sadr City, where residents are mourning the victims of a triple bombing that killed 85 people at a funeral in the same place at the weekend.
