Afghan interpreters: 'No life for us here'

Afghan interpreters: 'No life for us here'

Afghan interpreters: 'No life for us here'

Posted: 22 May 2013 06:43 AM PDT

Afghan military interpreters on having to resettle in UK

Europe Tries to Tackle Tax Evasion

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:24 AM PDT

Faced with public outrage over tax-evasion scandals at a time of austerity budgets, European leaders are trying to ensure that everybody—from high rollers to big multinationals—pays their fair share.

Rebels Kill Colombian Soldiers

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:35 AM PDT

At least nine Colombian soldiers were killed by leftist rebels in an ambush in a remote northern region near the Venezuelan border, officials said Wednesday.

Man Connected to Boston Suspects Is Killed

Posted: 22 May 2013 12:44 PM PDT

A Florida man with ties to suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed by a federal agent in Orlando while being questioned about a 2011 triple murder, according to federal law-enforcement officials.

Vatican Probes Suspicious Transactions

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:22 AM PDT

The Vatican's financial watchdog received six internal reports on suspicious transactions in 2012, up from one a year earlier, with two of the cases sent to Vatican prosecutors for investigation.

Serbia, Kosovo agree way forward on plan to normalize ties

Posted: 22 May 2013 12:11 PM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Serbia and Kosovo agreed in principle on Wednesday on a plan to implement an historic accord to settle their relations, a step that strengthens Serbia's chances of getting the go-ahead next month to start talks on joining the European Union.

SA opposition rejects Gupta report

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:47 AM PDT

South Africa's main opposition party condemns as a cover-up an official probe into the use of a military base for an Indian society wedding.

Tandem deaths driver is jailed

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:06 AM PDT

A man who killed a couple when he knocked them off their tandem bike in Bristol is jailed for 10 years.

IMF says Britain 'a long way' from recovery

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:36 AM PDT

Report calls for government to boost infrastructure spending in order to accelerate growth and offset austerity.

‘Barbaric Attack’ in London Prompts Meeting on Terror

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Britain's top security officials gathered Wednesday evening after police officers shot two men suspected of killing what some reports identified as a British soldier.
    

Russian punk band member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:52 AM PDT

Berezniki, Russia (Reuters) - A member of the Pussy Riot band who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said on Wednesday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing.

Costa Concordia Captain to Be Tried for Manslaughter

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:29 AM PDT

A trial is to begin on July 9 for Francesco Schettino, captain of the doomed Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the coast of Tuscany in January 2012, killing 32.
    

Chilling video of London attacker explaining machete attack on reported soldier

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:47 AM PDT

It's not clear how or why two men attacked a man believed to be a British soldier in the London neighborhood of Woolwich, but U.K. officials are already investigating it as a possible act of terrorism.

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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West

Posted: 22 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb if it decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday.

Fighting in Sudan's Darfur region displaces 300,000: U.N. aid chief

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:18 AM PDT

OUTSIDE EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - About 300,000 people have fled their homes due to a surge in fighting in Sudan's Darfur region this year and are now living in terrible conditions and short of food, the United Nations aid chief said on Wednesday.

Iran Pushes Ahead With Nuclear Plant That Worries West

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:47 AM PDT

Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday.
    

Lens Blog: Angelos Tzortzinis's Photos of Growing Desperation in Greece

Posted: 22 May 2013 08:12 AM PDT

In Greece, the perils of a drawn-out debt crisis are imprinted on its younger population — whose unemployment numbers are soaring — who turn to selling their bodies for money and to a dangerous, cheap new street drug for escape.
    

China Tilts Back to Big Spending

Posted: 22 May 2013 01:19 PM PDT

A more detailed look at China's economic performance in 2012 shows it tipped further off balance, relying more than ever on credit-fueled investment, a trend it had tried to rein in.

Colombian rebels deny kidnapping two Spaniards

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:09 AM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels on Wednesday denied accusations that they were holding two Spanish tourists who authorities say were kidnapped in the South American country last week.

Striking Kenyan truckers block east Africa's main trade route

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:07 AM PDT

Mombasa (Reuters) - Kenyan truckers blocked the only highway from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi on Wednesday, threatening to choke the main trade artery to east Africa unless officials reverted to the old way of weighing cargo.

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