- Multiple attacks on Kabul, Taliban claims "spring offensive" Reuters - 27 mins ago
KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaulting Western embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the parliament in the west. Taliban insurgents … More »Multiple attacks on Kabul, Taliban claims "spring offensive"
KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaulting Western embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the parliament in the west. Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the assault, one of the most serious on the capital since U.S.-backed Afghan …
- Iran, big powers agree - to keep talking Reuters - 3 hrs ago
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - After a year of sanctions and sabre-rattling over Iran's nuclear programme, negotiators from Tehran and six world powers finally resumed talks and found at least enough common ground to agree to meet … More »Iran, big powers agree - to keep talking
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - After a year of sanctions and sabre-rattling over Iran's nuclear programme, negotiators from Tehran and six world powers finally resumed talks and found at least enough common ground to agree to meet again next month. With threats of war hanging over an already unsettled Middle East, U.S. and other …
- Secure despite rocket fiasco, N.Korea's Kim lauds military Reuters - 3 hrs ago
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - North Korea's new leader delivered his first major public speech on Sunday as the impoverished state celebrated the centenary of its founder's birth, calling for a push to "final victory" despite a failed … More »Secure despite rocket fiasco, N.Korea's Kim lauds military
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - North Korea's new leader delivered his first major public speech on Sunday as the impoverished state celebrated the centenary of its founder's birth, calling for a push to "final victory" despite a failed rocket launch two days earlier. A jowly Kim Jong-un, clad in black and the third of his line to …
- Obama calls on Romney to release tax returns: Univision Reuters - 12 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, in an interview with Univision released on Saturday. Obama's campaign has been … More »Obama calls on Romney to release tax returns: Univision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, in an interview with Univision released on Saturday. Obama's campaign has been pushing Romney, a multi-millionaire former private equity executive, to release several years of his …
- Analysis: China currency move nails hard landing risk coffin Reuters - 4 hrs ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's weekend reform of its currency regime nails shut the coffin on the last remains of doubt about whether the world's second biggest economy has successfully steered a course past a hard economic … More »Analysis: China currency move nails hard landing risk coffin
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's weekend reform of its currency regime nails shut the coffin on the last remains of doubt about whether the world's second biggest economy has successfully steered a course past a hard economic landing. Investors were questioning whether the worst sequential slowdown in China's economy since the …
- IMF funds drive caught in global power shift Reuters - Fri, Apr 13, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tensions among some of the world's leading economies have boiled up over a plan to raise new resources for the International Monetary Fund to contain the euro zone debt crisis, and a quest by emerging … More »IMF funds drive caught in global power shift
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tensions among some of the world's leading economies have boiled up over a plan to raise new resources for the International Monetary Fund to contain the euro zone debt crisis, and a quest by emerging economies to win more say in the global lender. World financial leaders gathering in Washington next …
- Argentina ex-dictator admits dirty war "disappeared" Reuters - 8 hrs ago
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has admitted for the first time that the country's brutal 1976-1983 dictatorship "disappeared" leftist opponents, a euphemism for kidnapped and murdered, … More »Argentina ex-dictator admits dirty war "disappeared"
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has admitted for the first time that the country's brutal 1976-1983 dictatorship "disappeared" leftist opponents, a euphemism for kidnapped and murdered, and said babies were taken from their parents. Videla, 86, who was jailed for life in 2010 for murder, …
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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday for his first career Formula One victory after starting from pole position. More »Rosberg wins Chinese GP for 1st career F1 victory