Cuba lifting much-reviled travel restrictions
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba will scrap much-reviled travel restrictions starting in January, easing most Cubans’ exit and return, state media said on Tuesday, in the communist island’s first major immigration reform in half a century.
EU sanctions target Iran oil, gas, tanker companies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments imposed sanctions on Tuesday against major Iranian state companies in the oil and gas industry, and strengthened restrictions on the central bank, cranking up financial pressure over Tehran’s nuclear prog…
Taliban says its attack on Pakistani schoolgirl justified
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents said on Tuesday that the Pakistani schoolgirl its gunmen shot in the head deserved to die because she had spoken out against the group and praised U.S. President Barack Obama.
Libya promises ICC Gaddafi’s son will get a fair trial
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Libya can guarantee the son of its former dictator a fair trial, Libyan government lawyers said on Tuesday at a hearing on whether Saif al-Islam Gaddafi should face justice at home or at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in t…
Taliban shoot 14-year-old Pakistani peace campaigner
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban gunmen in Pakistan shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday a 14-year-old schoolgirl who rose to fame for speaking out against the militants, authorities said.
Israel’s Netanyahu to make statement amid election talk
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will issue a statement on Tuesday evening, his office said, amid speculation that he would call an early national election that polls suggest he can win comfortably.
Merkel tells irate Greeks painful reforms will pay off
ATHENS (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of angry Greek protesters filled the streets of Athens on Tuesday to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who offered sympathy but no promise of further aid on her first visit since the euro crisis erupted three y…
Mexico Marines say kill top Zetas drug lord, body snatched
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has killed the leader of the brutal Zetas drug gang, the most powerful kingpin to fall in Mexico’s 6-year-old battle against cartels, but his body was snatched from the funeral home by armed men, the Marines said Tuesday….
Ministers try to limit impact of defense cuts on NATO
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO ministers wrestled on Tuesday with how to prevent austerity-driven defense cuts in many member countries from undermining the power of the 63-year-old Western alliance.
China to send deputy finance minister to IMF Tokyo meeting amid island spat
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s delegation to the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Tokyo will not be led by its most senior finance officials, a report from state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday, in what looked like a deliberate snub of …
