UN staff killed in Afghan attack

UN staff killed in Afghan attack

UN staff killed in Afghan attack

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 11:35 PM PDT

At least six United Nations employees have been killed and some injured in an attack in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, the UN says.


Clinton, in Pakistan, promises new page in ties

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday promising a new page in relations and several civilian investment deals.


U.S. calls for lasting military dialogue with China

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates called for lasting dialogue with China's military after years of "on-again, off-again" talks as he welcomed a top Chinese general to the Pentagon on Tuesday.


Four U.N. staff killed in Kabul; blasts rock hotel

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Four U.N. staff were killed when Taliban militants attacked an international guest house in Kabul on Wednesday while a rocket was fired at a foreign-owned hotel in the Afghan capital, forcing 100 guests into an underground bunker.


FACTBOX - Deciphering the jargon in the climate debate

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

Here are some terms being thrown around in the climate debate.


U.S. Senate healthcare bill draws skeptics, opponents

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A healthcare reform bill with a government-run insurance option faced an uncertain future in the Senate on Tuesday, with many centrist Democrats uncommitted and Senator Joe Lieberman strongly opposed.


Reuters Summit - PM: "Don't worry" over Egypt succession

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prime minister said on Tuesday it was still too early to expect President Hosni Mubarak to decide whether to run again for president in a 2011 election.


Gunmen wound seven in Athens attack - Greek police

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Two gunmen on a motorcycle launched an attack outside a police station in Athens on Tuesday, wounding six Greek police officers and a passer-by, police said.


U.S., Cuban scientists plan joint Gulf research

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S., Cuban and Mexican scientists have drawn up plans for joint research in the Gulf of Mexico, in another sign of improvement in long-hostile U.S.-Cuba relations.


Colombia, U.S. sign defense pact this week - minister

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colombia will sign a controversial security pact with the United States to enhance its war on "narcoterrorism" by the end of the week, Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said on Tuesday.


Rescued boatpeople will not land in Australia - govt

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia insisted on Wednesday that 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers rescued by one of its customs ship would not be brought to Australia, despite media reports that Indonesian officials had refuse to accept the boatpeople.


U.N. assembly to debate Goldstone report on Gaza war

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly plans to debate as early as next week a U.N. report accusing Israel and Hamas militants of war crimes during the recent conflict in the Gaza Strip, diplomats said on Tuesday.


Obama: financial regulation bill urgent, crucial

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that a new financial regulation bill introduced by fellow Democrats was urgent and crucial to prevent excessive risk-taking by big financial firms.


US charges two for 'Denmark plot'

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:37 PM PDT

Two men from Chicago have been charged with plotting overseas attacks, including on the Danish newspaper which published cartoons about Islam.


Intense gunfire, explosion heard in central Kabul

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:47 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Intense machinegun fire and explosions resounded in Kabul on Wednesday morning as Afghan forces battled a group of militants holed up inside a U.N. guest house in the centre of the capital, officials and witnesses said.


Obama officially extends sanctions on Sudan

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama formally renewed U.S. sanctions on Sudan on Tuesday under his new strategy of keeping up pressure while offering incentives to the Khartoum government.


U.S. aid saves lives but few know, Bill Gates says

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foreign aid may provide the best value for money spent by the U.S. government, Bill and Melinda Gates said on Tuesday, but few seem to know it.


U.N. committee removes 8 from Taliban sanctions list

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:19 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council's Taliban and al Qaeda sanctions committee announced on Tuesday that it has removed four firms and four individuals from a U.N. blacklist that has been criticized as unfair.


U.N. envoy slams U.S. for unanswered drone questions

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:19 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States must demonstrate that it is not randomly killing people in violation of international law through its use of unmanned drones on the Afghan border, a U.N. rights investigator said on Tuesday.


Bombings push U.S. toll to worst month in Afghan war

Posted: 27 Oct 2009 08:19 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Eight U.S. troops were killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday ahead of a run-off presidential election, the NATO-led alliance said, in the deadliest month for U.S. forces since the start of the war eight years ago.


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