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"Wrong choice" will bring isolation, UK warns Iran

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain warned Iran on Wednesday it will suffer growing economic and political isolation if it makes the "wrong choice" and fails to comply with United Nations resolutions on curbing its nuclear program.

Afghan, U.S.-led troops kill up to 35 Taliban

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed up to 35 Taliban insurgents after the militants attacked two towns in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border overnight, a police chief said on Wednesday.

Iraq bomb kills 3 U.S. soldiers, interpreter

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

Medvedev wants "serious" pact with EU

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia seeks a "serious" pact with the European Union reaffirming it as part of Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev told Reuters ahead of a Russia-EU summit in Siberia.

Olmert salvages Israel coalition in deal with Barak

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert averted a split in Israel's restive coalition on Wednesday by striking a deal with his biggest partner, the Labour party, that stopped it backing a bill to dissolve parliament.

Ship terrorism alert system flawed: report

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A terrorism alert system installed in thousands of merchant ships after the September 11, 2001 attacks is flawed because it does not immediately notify local security authorities of an attack, said a report on the system.

India fails to break civilian nuclear deal deadlock

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government and its communist allies agreed on Wednesday to meet once again to break a deadlock over a civilian nuclear deal with the United States, effectively delaying any possible threat of snap elections.

Bodies found of 22 abducted by Pakistani Taliban

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban militants murdered 22 rivals captured this week when they seized a northwestern town, a government official and residents said on Wednesday.

New Zealand settles century old Maori grievance

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Maori clad in traditional cloaks chanted and sang on Tuesday as the New Zealand government paid hundreds of millions of dollars to settle century old grievances.

Mexico to extradite Tijuana kingpin to U.S.

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico agreed on Tuesday to extradite drug lord Benjamin Arellano Felix to the United States as suspected drug hitmen killed another six people in a border city in the latest round of a killing spree.

More bodies found from Philippine typhoon, U.S. vows aid

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
SIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines (Reuters) - Some 50 bodies were found 100 km (60 miles) from a giant capsized ferry in the Philippines on Wednesday, and Washington said it would send an aircraft carrier to help with typhoon relief efforts.

Zimbabwe's neighbors urge poll postponement

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's neighbors on Wednesday urged the postponement of Friday's presidential election, saying the re-election of President Robert Mugabe could lack legitimacy in the current violent climate.

Re-emergent Fidel Castro meets Chinese official

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, who has raised his public profile in recent days, met on Tuesday with a Chinese official and told him he spends his days gathering information and analyzing policy for Cuba's leadership, state-run media reported.

Dozens dead in 4-day Mexico border killing spree

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed six people in Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico on Tuesday, the latest in a killing spree that has left 41 people dead in the city since the start of the weekend, police said.

U.N. council wants probe of south Sudan incident

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council asked the United Nations on Tuesday to investigate the actions of U.N. peacekeepers during recent deadly clashes in a disputed oil-rich region of southern Sudan.

Prosecutors open probe into Paris attack on Jew

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
PARIS (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the French capital opened an investigation on Tuesday into an attack on a teenage French Jew that they described as anti-Semitic.

Group denies misleading media over Amazon tribe

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A group that campaigns for tribal peoples' rights denied on Tuesday that it and the Brazilian government had misled the media over photographs of an uncontacted Indian tribe in the Amazon last month.

Bush pledges typhoon aid to Philippine president

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday pledged U.S. help to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the aftermath of a typhoon, saying he was sending an aircraft carrier to aid in the relief effort.

Attacks in east Afghanistan up 40 percent, U.S. says

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Insurgent attacks in eastern Afghanistan rose by 40 percent in the first five months of this year over the same period a year ago, the U.S. commander of NATO forces in the region said on Tuesday.

Vatican defends late banker from murder accusation

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:56
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican defended the late archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the head of the Vatican Bank whose tenure was marred by financial scandal, from media reports on Tuesday that he ordered the killing of a 15-year-old girl in 1983.