NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The United States and France announced increased support for opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad yesterday, but there was no sign that the direct military aid the rebels want to create safe havens for civilians is on the way.
(Reuters) – John Travolta has scored another legal victory with the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles man who wrote a book alleging he had gay encounters with the film star.
-WHO LONDON, (Reuters) – A new and potentially fatal virus from the same family as SARS which was discovered in a patient in London last week appears not to spread easily from person to person, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook apologized yesterday to customers frustrated with glaring errors in its new Maps service and, in an unusual move for the consumer giant, directed them to rival services such as Google Inc’s Maps instead.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – More than half of the European Union’s projects to provide safe drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa failed to deliver, the EU’s audit watchdog said in a report yesterday.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – An ancient papyrus fragment which a Harvard scholar says contains the first recorded mention that Jesus may have had a wife is a fake, the Vatican said yesterday.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada said it was aware hackers had breached security at a domestic manufacturer of software used by big energy companies, but declined to comment on a report that a Chinese group could be responsible.
(Reuters) – A Connecticut man responding to his sister’s call for help during an apparent burglary at her home next door, shot and killed a masked intruder who turned out to be his own teenage son, state police said yesterday.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew his “red line” for Iran’s nuclear programme yesterday despite a US refusal to set an ultimatum, saying Tehran will be on the brink of a nuclear weapon in less than a year.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran responded to Israel’s “red line” for Tehran’s nuclear programme by declaring it was strong enough to defend itself and said it reserved the right to retaliate with full force against any attack.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A pair of Canadian radio comedians said yesterday it took them less then an hour to get UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the phone during international diplomacy’s busiest week – by pretending to be Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man linked to an anti-Islam film that has stoked violent protests across the Muslim world was ordered jailed without bond yesterday by a federal judge over accusations that he violated terms of his probation on a bank fraud conviction.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States is temporarily withdrawing more staff from its embassy in Libya’s capital for security reasons, but hopes to send them back early next week, the State Department said yesterday.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A small plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu today, killing 19 people, including seven British and five Chinese passengers, an airline official said.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – British Foreign Minister William Hague sought yesterday to allay his Ecuadorean counterpart’s concerns about the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, saying Britain’s extradition law has “extensive human rights safeguards.”
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala all called for a vigorous global debate of anti-narcotics laws at the United Nations yesterday, raising new questions about the wisdom of the four-decade-old, US-led “war on drugs.”
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s ruling congress yesterday said it threatened to dismiss the new prime minister if he fails to name his new Cabinet by Oct 8.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s ruling congress yesterday said it threatened to dismiss the new prime minister if he fails to name his new Cabinet by Oct 8.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday he is “cautiously optimistic” that his government can reach a peace deal with Marxist rebels.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said yesterday the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was as tragic as that of US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, as he delivered a scathing critique of US, UN and NATO actions.
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