U.S. defense chief hints at asset positioning ahead of Syria decision
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel strongly suggested on Friday the United States was positioning naval forces and assets in anticipation of any decision by President Barack Obama to order military action on …
Initial Western intelligence finds Syrian forces used chemical weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and allied intelligence agencies have made a preliminary assessment that chemical weapons were used by Syrian forces in an attack near Damascus this week, likely with high-level approval from the government of President Bash…
Mexico finds corpses of youths abducted from club in mass grave
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities have found a mass grave containing the remains of five youths who were among a group of 12 people abducted from a Mexico City club in May, a crime that sparked fears of increasing drug gang violence in the ca…
Brazil’s Rousseff’s popularity rises in poll as economy stumbles
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s popularity recovered from a recent drop caused by massive street protests as the government tried to deal with the sluggish economy and concern that inflation will rise, the Estado de S. P…
U.S. Navy expanding presence in Mediterranean due to Syria: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy will expand its presence in the Mediterranean with a fourth cruise-missile armed warship because of the escalating civil war in Syria, a defense official said on Friday.
Protesting Mexican teachers stir trouble for government reforms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Schoolteachers in Mexico City staging disruptive protests against education reform have fired a warning shot at President Enrique Pena Nieto’s government as it prepares to push an ambitious economic agenda through Congress.
U.N. appeals to Sudan to continue transporting South’s oil
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday urged Sudan not to shut down oil pipelines that are the sole conduit for crude exports from South Sudan, which relies heavily on oil revenues for its economy.
Suicide bomber targets busy Baghdad cafe, killing 25
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 25 people and wounded more than 50 in Baghdad on Friday when he detonated his explosives inside a busy cafe near a park popular with families, police and medical sources said.
Initial Western intelligence finds Syrian forces used chemical weapons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and allied intelligence agencies have made a preliminary assessment that chemical weapons were used by Syrian forces in an attack near Damascus this week, likely with high-level approval from the government of President Bash…
Colombia’s Santos calls negotiators home from peace talks in Cuba
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Friday he was calling home his team of negotiators from peace talks in Cuba with the Marxist FARC rebels, after the guerrilla group said earlier it was suspending its participation in th…
