Exclusive: Bahrain, UAE probe suspicious shipments headed to Iran

Exclusive: Bahrain, UAE probe suspicious shipments headed to Iran

Exclusive: Bahrain, UAE probe suspicious shipments headed to Iran

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:00 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have confiscated a number of items Iran may have sought for its nuclear program, a development that diplomats said showed how enforcement of U.N. sanctions against Tehran is steadily improving.

Fire at Mexico Pemex gas facility kills 10

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:36 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Ten people were killed in a fire that broke out at a gas facility of Mexican state oil monopoly Pemex in the northern state of Tamaulipas.

India Ink: Mercurial Leader Withdraws Support From Governing Coalition

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Mamata Banerjee withdrew support from the Congress Party-led coalition government.

Russia Demands U.S. End Pro-Democracy Work

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

The Kremlin views American financial support for a wide range of civil society programs as thinly veiled meddling in the country's internal affairs.


Turks Weary of Leaders’ Support for Syria Uprising

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Although many Turks at first agreed with their government's support for the Syrian opposition, many now believe it is undermining Turkey's economy and security.


Mass graves found after tribal fighting in Kenya

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:21 PM PDT

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Two mass graves were found in Kenya's coastal Tana River region and 20 people were charged with murder, police said on Tuesday, after a wave of inter-tribal fighting that killed more than 100 people over the past month.

Key ally pulls out of Indian government over reforms

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:20 PM PDT

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's biggest ally has pulled out of the Congress-led ruling coalition, tipping the government into a minority as a political firestorm over big-ticket reform measures escalates in the world's most populous democracy.

Russia boots out USAID

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT

MOSCOW — After he spent most of the spring attacking the U.S. government for supporting civil society organizations in Russia, President Vladimir Putin is expelling the American aid agency USAID, the State Department announced Tuesday.

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2,300 pupils receive GCSE regrade

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:21 AM PDT

More than 2,300 pupils receive better GCSE English Language results after papers are regraded, the WJEC exam board reveals.


French conservatives duel for leadership in shadow of Sarkozy

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:06 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Licking its wounds and rudderless since Socialist Francois Hollande ended its 17-year hold on the presidency, France's UMP party is set to decide between moderate former prime minister Francois Fillon and Sarkozy's youthful protegé Jean-Francois Cope as the leader to return it to power in 2017.

What lies behind Afghanistan's insider attacks?

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:20 AM PDT

The complex reasons behind Afghan insider attacks


Bolivia protects river dolphins

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT

Bolivian President Evo Morales enacts a law that declares a vulnerable species of pink dolphins in the Amazon basin a national treasure.


Freed American: 'It's a fight for life'

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:57 AM PDT

Every day in his cell in one of the most notorious prisons in Latin America, an American father wrote a letter to his little boy. Jason Puracal would tuck the papers away, trying to fight the fear that his son might grow up never knowing his dad.

War within: Turkey tensions exploding

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:46 AM PDT

Turkey's long-simmering war with a Kurdish insurgency has escalated over the last year, reaching death tolls unseen in more than a decade, a new report focusing on the conflict says.

American freed from Nicaragua prison

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Every day in his cell in one of the most notorious prisons in Latin America, an American father wrote a letter to his little boy. Jason Puracal would tuck the papers away, trying to fight the fear that his son might grow up never knowing his dad.

Indian government pays political price for opening door to foreign retailers

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:54 AM PDT

NEW DELHI — A key political ally pulled out of India's national coalition government Tuesday to protest a decision to allow foreign investors to set up supermarket retail chains here, triggering fears of political instability in the coming months.

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Criticism Follows Romney’s Blunt Comments Captured on Video

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:47 PM PDT

The Republican presidential candidate's words to wealthy donors about lower-income people and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prompted harsh critiques.

DealBook: Alibaba Closes Deal to Buy Back Shares From Yahoo

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT

The Alibaba Group said on Tuesday that it has closed on the repurchase of a 20 percent stake in itself from Yahoo, taking the first major step toward a long-held goal of regaining full control of its destiny.


Russia's Putin raps budget plan, ministers

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:52 AM PDT

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a rare rebuke to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's government on Tuesday, criticizing its fiscal plans and accusing cabinet ministers of failing to act on orders he issued after returning to the Kremlin in May.

What they could teach Obama and Romney

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:56 AM PDT

Politics has returned to the water's edge. In the past week, we've seen how international events can suddenly dominate a political campaign, at least for a few days.

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