Britain’s Cameron in thwarted Afghan peace talks push
KABUL (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron flew into Afghanistan on Saturday to try to inject momentum into stalled peace talks, but left empty-handed after the Afghan president said his country could break up if a deal was done with the Ta…
Syrian army, backed by jets, launches assault on Homs
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces launched a major offensive on Saturday against rebels in Homs, a centre of the two-year-old uprising, in their latest drive to secure an axis connecting Damascus to the Mediterranean.
U.S. asked Ecuador not to give Snowden asylum: Correa
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday the United States had asked him not to grant asylum for former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden in a “cordial” telephone conversation he held with Vice President Joe Biden.
Mired in recession, ex-Yugoslav Croatia joins troubled EU
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union at midnight on Sunday, a milestone that caps the Adriatic republic’s recovery from war but is tinged with anxiety over the state of the economy and the bloc it joins.
U.S. bugged EU offices, computer networks: German magazine
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States has bugged European Union offices and gained access to EU internal computer networks, according to secret documents cited in a German magazine on Saturday, the latest in a series of exposures of alleged U.S. spy pro…
Sudan protesters, opposition call for Bashir ousting
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Thousands of Sudanese called for the overthrow of veteran President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Saturday, spurred on by an opposition trying to stoke an Arab Spring style uprising.
Bombs target soccer players, spectators in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bombs targeting soccer players and young men who had gathered to watch a match in Iraq killed seven people on Saturday.
Israelis and Palestinians downbeat as Kerry extends peace bid
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry extended his Middle East peace mission on Saturday, shuttling between Jerusalem and Amman for more talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on reviving their stalled negotiations.
Rousseff’s popularity plummets in wake of Brazil protests
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff’s approval rating sank by 27 percentage points in the last three weeks, a poll showed on Saturday in the strongest evidence yet that the recent wave of street protests sweeping Brazil poses a serious threa…
Looking to Africa’s future, Obama to cite Mandela, civil rights
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will challenge Africans to renew efforts to expand economic growth and democratic government in a speech Sunday, invoking the legacies of Nelson Mandela and the U.S. civil rights movement in overcoming ob…
