Mexican and Brazilian Vie to Head WTO

Mexican and Brazilian Vie to Head WTO
EU Faces Cold Shoulder in Iceland Vote
U.N. Sets Mali Peacekeeping Force
PKK fighters face life after Turkey withdrawal
South Korea summons Japan envoy over PM's remarks on history
Iraq PM's coalition leads in eight of 12 provinces after vote
At War Blog: A Mortuary Affair in Iraq
Boston Blast Suspects Spoke of a N.Y. Attack Next, Officials Say
Putin's 9 most notable quotes from in his five-hour Q&A
Obama's tattoo warning to daughters
UN approves peacekeeping force for Mali
Differences with centre-right delay Italy's Letta
Argentine Leader Wins Say Over Courts
Death Toll Rises After Building Collapse in Bangladesh
India Ink: Image of the Day: April 25
House Panel Says It Will Offer Series of Immigration Bills
Three important caveats on the Syria chemical weapons report
Death Toll Rises After Building Collapse in Bangladesh
Putin: order and discipline not a sign of Stalinism
Boston suspects 'targeted New York'

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:02 PM PDT

Brazilian diplomat Roberto de Carvalho Azevedo and Mexico's former trade minister Herminio Blanco are the two candidates selected for the final round of voting for the next leader of global trade talks, people informed about the process say.

EU Faces Cold Shoulder in Iceland Vote

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:55 AM PDT

As Iceland prepares to hit the polls Saturday, its EU dream is wilting. Strong tourism and fishing, widening trade relationships and the fact that the crisis that brought down three Icelandic banks is getting cleaned up has fueled skepticism about the idea.

U.N. Sets Mali Peacekeeping Force

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:53 PM PDT

The United Nations Security Council established a 12,600-strong peacekeeping force for areas of northern Mali, where a French military intervention has pushed back an Islamist insurgency.

PKK fighters face life after Turkey withdrawal

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Rebels face future after Turkey withdrawal

South Korea summons Japan envoy over PM's remarks on history

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:39 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea summoned Tokyo's ambassador in Seoul on Thursday to protest at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's defense of visits by senior officials and lawmakers to a shrine seen by Japan's neighbors as a symbol of wartime aggression.

Iraq PM's coalition leads in eight of 12 provinces after vote

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:31 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition has taken the lead in eight out of the 12 provinces that held provincial elections at the weekend, including the capital Baghdad, preliminary results showed on Thursday.

At War Blog: A Mortuary Affair in Iraq

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Teresa Fazio, then a 23-year-old Marine lieutenant, describes her affair with a man who worked in the battalion's mortuary affairs unit in Anbar Province, Iraq.

Boston Blast Suspects Spoke of a N.Y. Attack Next, Officials Say

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:14 PM PDT

The surviving suspect told investigators of their intentions, the mayor and police commissioner said, but some federal officials discounted the notion.

Putin's 9 most notable quotes from in his five-hour Q&A

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:40 AM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin talked American adoptions, the Boston bombings and political corruption for nearly five hours Thursday during the most recent round of the televised Q&A he's held almost every year since 2001.

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Obama's tattoo warning to daughters

Posted: 24 Apr 2013 03:51 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama says in a television interview he has warned his daughters if they get tattoos, he and his wife would get matching ones.

UN approves peacekeeping force for Mali

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:48 PM PDT

About 11,000 troops, including 6,000 African soldiers already in Mali, to begin mission in July if situation secure.

Differences with centre-right delay Italy's Letta

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:59 AM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's prime minister-designate Enrico Letta started "encouraging" talks on Thursday for a new government to end two months of political deadlock, but said significant differences with the centre-right would take more time to iron out.

Argentine Leader Wins Say Over Courts

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:03 AM PDT

Argentina's Congress passed legislation giving president Cristina Kirchner and political parties greater control over the judicial system, just days after hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets to protest the measures.

Death Toll Rises After Building Collapse in Bangladesh

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:27 AM PDT

Rescuers continue to find survivors of one of the country's deadliest disasters.

India Ink: Image of the Day: April 25

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:18 AM PDT

The lawns surrounding the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, undergo beautification.

House Panel Says It Will Offer Series of Immigration Bills

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 12:21 PM PDT

The House Judiciary Committee's move was designed to keep the panel in the middle of the debate and to press a bipartisan House group that has been working on its own legislation.

Three important caveats on the Syria chemical weapons report

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:03 AM PDT

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday that U.S. intelligence agencies have "varying degrees of confidence" that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have used sarin, a chemical weapon, "on a small scale," an assessment they've made "within the last 24 hours." If that assessment goes from preliminary to certain, the revelation would be a big deal not just for Syria's ongoing conflict but for the Obama administration, which has declared the use of chemical weapons a "red line." Read The Washington Post's story on it here.

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Death Toll Rises After Building Collapse in Bangladesh

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:03 AM PDT

Rescuers continue to find survivors of one of the countries deadliest disasters.

Putin: order and discipline not a sign of Stalinism

Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin rejected comparisons with Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on Thursday in his annual televised question-and-answer session with citizens, denying political persecution but saying Russia needed order and discipline.