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Mugabe defies mounting pressure to stop vote

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe defied mounting pressure on Tuesday from both inside and outside Africa to call off Friday's presidential election, saying he had a legal obligation to go ahead.

Baghdad's minibus taxis bridge sectarian divide

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Baghdad's minibus taxi drivers are returning to once deadly routes as security in the Iraqi capital improves, allowing them once again to drive between Sunni and Shi'ite areas and link divided communities.

Tired Milan plans a green, young future

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
MILAN (Reuters) - Optimists might call it Milan's Eiffel Tower moment.

Global court to consider release of first suspect

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court will consider on Tuesday releasing their first suspect after they suspended his trial over access to evidence in a blow for the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal.

U.S. report shows gaps in European nuclear security

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force study saying most European military sites equipped with U.S. nuclear weapons fail to meet Pentagon security requirements has prompted calls for the removal of U.S. nuclear arms held in Germany.

U.N. looks at disbanding Eritrea/Ethiopia force

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council considered on Monday a plan to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia after Eritrea forced most of its troops to go home.

U.N. nuclear team inspect bombed site in Syria

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear inspectors on Monday examined an alleged nuclear site in Syria that the United States says housed a secretly built reactor nearing completion when it was bombed by Israel nine months ago, a diplomat said.

Ecuador assembly head quits in constitution rift

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
QUITO (Reuters) - The head of the assembly rewriting Ecuador's constitution offered to resign on Monday, exposing a rift in the leftist government as it seeks to overhaul institutions to bolster the president's power.

Floods, landslides kill 35 in southwest China

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods, landslides and hail in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan have killed 35 people, state media said on Monday.

EU states back new sanctions on Iran

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union states agreed on Monday to impose new sanctions against Iran, including an asset freeze on its biggest bank, over its refusal to meet demands to curb its nuclear program.

Pakistan court bars Sharif from by-election

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday from contesting a by-election for a seat in the National Assembly later this week, deepening political uncertainty in the country.

Iraqi PM pledges to enforce law after Amara raid

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pledged to maintain law and order throughout Iraq on Monday, days after a crackdown in Amara wrested control of the southern city from the hands of Shi'ite militias.

U.N. tribunal reports Serbia to Security Council

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The criminal tribunal for former Yugoslavia has reported the Serbian government to the United Nations Security Council for failing to cooperate in the case of former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic.

France's Sarkozy offers in Israel to broker peace

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy put himself forward on Monday as a possible Middle East peace broker, offering in a speech to Israel's parliament to help reach agreement and mobilize French troops if necessary.

U.S.-led troops kill 55 Taliban after Afghan ambush

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition troops killed some 55 Taliban insurgents who ambushed them in southeastern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistan border, the U.S. military said on Monday.

U.N. nuclear team to inspect bombed site in Syria

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear inspectors headed on Monday for an alleged nuclear site in Syria that the United States says housed a secretly built reactor nearing completion when it was bombed by Israel nine months ago, a diplomat said.

Iran sees "common ground" with big powers' atom offer

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it was encouraged by common points between its and world powers' separate proposals aimed at defusing a nuclear dispute, but again dismissed any suggestion of suspending uranium enrichment.

U.N. council agrees fair Zimbabwe poll impossible

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will declare on Monday that a free and fair run-off presidential election in Zimbabwe would be impossible due to violence and restrictions on the opposition, diplomats said.

Lebanese troops end two days of clashes in north

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops deployed in Lebanon's second largest city on Monday, bringing calm after two days of sectarian fighting that has killed at least nine and dented a deal to restore political stability.

Militants abduct 17 police in Pakistan's Khyber Pass

Wed, 2024-11-27 16:46
LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected pro-Taliban Militants kidnapped 17 Pakistani policemen from posts on the road through the Khyber Pass, the latest insecurity on the vital supply route for Western forces in Afghanistan.