Tunisia union pushes concessions to end deadlock
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s powerful labor movement on Friday urged the country’s Islamist-led government to make “painful” concessions to end a stalemate over its rule after talks with secular opposition failed to break the deadlock.
U.S. spy agencies decry latest Snowden revelations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. spy agencies said on Friday that the latest media revelations based on leaks from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden will likely damage U.S. and allied intelligence efforts.
U.S. envoy Power argues for military option on Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Samantha Power, in her first major speech as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, argued Friday that a limited military strike was the only option left to respond to a chemical weapons attack in Syria after diplomatic efforts h…
Bolivian anti-graft officer held on extortion charge in Miami
MIAMI (Reuters) – A senior Bolivian police official, accused of flying to Miami in late August to extort $30,000 from a prominent businessman seeking asylum in the United States, will remain in jail until a bond hearing next week, a judge ordered on Fr…
Kuwait emir to visit White House September 13 to discuss Middle East
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, will visit President Barack Obama in Washington on September 13 to talk about Middle Eastern issues, the White House said on Friday.
U.S. extends Iran sanctions waivers to Japan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has extended a waiver on Iran sanctions for six months to Japan in exchange for its reduction in oil imports from the Islamic republic, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.
Wanted in U.S. and India, Islamist leads mass rally in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani Islamist with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head appeared openly at a rally in Islamabad on Friday, denouncing India as a terrorist state as thousands of his supporters chanted for “holy war” against the rival nucle…
Uncertainty around Italian coalition ahead of Senate vote
ROME (Reuters) – The uncertainty that has weighed on Italian politics for weeks continued on Friday, with allies of Silvio Berlusconi playing down the risk of a crisis that could topple Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s fragile coalition government.
Russian lawmakers call off U.S. trip after Congress snub
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian lawmakers have canceled plans to travel to the United States to discuss the crisis in Syria with their U.S. counterparts after congressional leaders refused to see them, the Russian ambassador to Washington said on Friday…
France seeks EU backing for Syria stance but meets scepticism
VILNIUS (Reuters) – France, which backs military action to punish Syria for a deadly chemical weapons attack, tried to rally support from its European Union partners on Friday but met scepticism from governments wary of turning their backs on the Unite…
