U.N. chief Ban appeals for Ramadan truce across Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed on Monday for forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebel fighters in Syria to put down their weapons during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Insight: How a train ran away and devastated a Canadian town
CHICAGO/LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (Reuters) – The short length of track, nestled in a dark pine and birch forest in Quebec, is a regular overnight stop for freight trains hauling crude oil and other raw materials across North America.
Snowden affair blunts U.S. push for China to curb cyber theft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Revelations by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden will make it harder for the United States to confront China at talks this week over the alleged cyber theft of trade secrets worth hundreds of billions of dollars a …
U.S. mulls speeding up troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is considering speeding up its planned withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, including a possible “zero option” that would result in no U.S. forces in that country after 2014, the New York Times report…
Former Mexican president Fox urges marijuana legalization
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Former Mexican President Vicente Fox took his crusade to legalize marijuana to San Francisco on Monday, joining pot advocates to urge the United States and his own country to decriminalize the sale and recreational use of cann…
Turkish police fire water cannon to prevent park protest
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon on Monday at protesters who tried to defy a closure order and enter an Istanbul park at the center of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government.
Brazil to probe local telecom operators over alleged U.S. spying
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s telecommunications agency said on Monday it would investigate whether local operators had violated customer privacy rules in alleged surveillance of Brazilian telecommunications data by U.S. spy agencies.
Snowden affair clouds U.S. attempts to press China to curb cyber theft
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Revelations by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden will make it harder for the United States to confront China at talks this week over the alleged cyber theft of trade secrets worth hundreds of billions of dollars ea…
Exclusive: Congress delaying U.S. aid to Syrian rebels – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional committees are holding up a plan to send U.S. weapons to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because of fears that such deliveries will not be decisive and the arms might end up in the hands of Islamist…
Insight: From power to protest, Egypt’s Brotherhood fights for life
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Muslim Brotherhood is facing an old adversary in the fight of its life, but has few means to confront the Egyptian military that has swept it from power. Reduced to camping out on the Cairo streets, all it can do, it seems, is mou…
