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Iran responds to big powers' nuclear offer

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran responded on Friday to an incentives package offered by six world powers aimed at resolving a standoff over its disputed nuclear ambitions.

Sudan's former foes begin Abyei withdrawal

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Sudan's north and south armies have begun to withdraw their forces from the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei, officials said on Friday, after missing an end-June deadline agreed to by the former foes.

G8 to tackle inflation, but concrete action elusive

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
TOKYO (Reuters) - G8 leaders aim to present a united front against global inflation, driven by soaring oil and food prices, at a summit in Japan next week, but solving the problem requires more than just a strong message from rich nations.

Mugabe says opposition must drop claim to power

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, defiant despite growing African condemnation of his re-election, said on Friday the opposition must drop its claim to power and accept that he was the rightful head of state.

Iran to respond to nuclear offer on Friday: radio

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will respond on Friday to incentives offered by six world powers to try to entice Tehran to stop enriching uranium, which they fear could result in a nuclear bomb.

Israel orders razing of Jerusalem attackers' homes

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday sought the demolition of the houses of two Palestinians behind recent deadly attacks against Israelis after the attorney-general said the move was legally viable.

India's left gives July 7 deadline on nuclear deal

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's communist parties said the government must tell them by Monday if it plans to press ahead with the next step in a controversial civilian nuclear deal with the United States, which they strongly oppose.

Militants abduct two Pakistani journalists

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants have abducted two Pakistani journalists who the militants accused of snooping on their members and positions near the Afghan border.

Japan holds 20 anti-G8 Koreans at airport: activists

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
SAPPORO, Japan (Reuters) - Twenty South Korean activist farmers have been detained by Japanese immigration for over 19 hours and expect to be deported, a spokesman for the group said, in further signs of growing security jitters from the host nation ahead of a G8 summit.

Tense standoff in South Ossetia after bombardment

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia on Friday mobilized reservists and threatened to use heavy weapons against Georgian forces after two people were killed in heavy exchanges of fire overnight.

38 killed in Myanmar delta ferry sinking: report

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
YANGON (Reuters) - At least 38 people died when their ferry sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta, official newspapers reported on Friday.

China warns of Olympics unrest

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese security official said the Beijing Olympics are threatened by sabotage and unrest, state media said on Friday, as authorities moved to sack officials blamed for a riot that torched a police headquarters.

Bush to attend China Olympics opening ceremonies

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China next month, the White House said on Thursday.

Belarus blast at concert wounds 50

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
MINSK (Reuters) - About 50 people were wounded early on Friday by a home-made bomb that sprayed nuts and bolts into a crowd at an open-air concert in Belarus's capital attended by long-time ruler President Alexander Lukashenko, officials said.

Death stalked Betancourt's captivity in Colombia

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Ingrid Betancourt began each day in captivity at 4 a.m. -- cold and depressed but awake in the dark waiting to hear her mother's words of encouragement over the radio.

Historic China-Taiwan flights take off

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
TAIPEI/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Historic regular flights between Taiwan and China began on Friday, in a show of conciliation between the long-time rivals that could bring large numbers of mainland Chinese visitors to the island.

China moves to sack officials blamed for riot

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
BEIJING (Reuters) - China moved to sack two law-and-order officials blamed for mishandling a riot in the country's southwest, saying that broader abuses of power lay behind the mass outrage, state media reported on Friday.

City of extravagance gleams in Kazakh steppe

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
ASTANA (Reuters) - If there is one thing Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev cherishes as part of his legacy, it is the gold-plated extravagance of his new capital, Astana.

Bush to attend China Olympics opening ceremonies

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China next month, the White House said on Thursday.

Union support slips for Peru mining strike

Thu, 2024-11-28 00:26
LIMA (Reuters) - Union support sank for Peru's nationwide mining strike on Thursday, while workers from other mines said the walkout would go on until Congress passed a bill to give them a bigger slice of corporate profits.