Syria urged to comply with commitments

Syria urged to comply with commitments

Syria urged to comply with commitments

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:22 PM PDT

UN chief voices "grave alarm" after reports of shelling of populated areas as amid demands for Security Council meeting.


VIDEO: Bin Laden's family deported

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 06:45 PM PDT

Pakistan has deported the wives and children of Osama Bin laden.


VIDEO: What caused Bo Xilai's downfall?

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:41 PM PDT

The BBC's Mukul Devichand visits the city of Chongqing to find out what caused the downfall of the senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai.


VIDEO: What caused Bo Xilai's downfall?

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:41 PM PDT

The BBC's Mukul Devichand visits the city of Chongqing to find out what caused the downfall of the senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai.


New sexual-misconduct charges hit US agents

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:52 PM PDT

Report claims Secret Service officers hired strippers and prostitutes in El Salvador before Obama's visit last year.


Exclusive: Senate probe finds little evidence of effective 'torture'

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:14 PM PDT

In photo, reviewed by U.S. military, Guantanamo guard stands inside doorway at Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base(Reuters) - A nearly three-year-long investigation by Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats is expected to find there is little evidence the harsh "enhanced interrogation techniques" the CIA used on high-value prisoners produced counter-terrorism breakthroughs. People familiar with the inquiry said committee investigators, who have been poring over records from the administration of President George W. Bush, believe they do not substantiate claims by some Bush supporters that the harsh interrogations led to counter-terrorism coups. ...

U.S. oil report seen supporting Iran sanctions

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:33 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is unlikely to pull back from levying sanctions against Iran oil transactions based on a government report due on Friday, which is expected to show crude markets are sufficiently well-supplied to move forward with the penalties. The report, which the U.S. Energy Information Administration is required to produce every two months under the sanctions law aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions, could walk a fine line in assessing the state of markets, according to analysts. ...


UN proposes decrease in Darfur force

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:10 PM PDT

The U.N. peacekeeping chief is calling for a significant decrease and reorganization in the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur because fighting between Sudanese government forces and rebel groups has decreased.


UN maintains sanctions on Ivory Coast

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 08:35 PM PDT

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to maintain sanctions on Ivory Coast for another year, including an arms embargo and a ban on importing rough diamonds from the West African nation.


Rights groups decry killing of Cambodian activist

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:53 PM PDT

Human rights and environmental groups on Friday denounced the shooting death of a prominent Cambodian environmental activist by military police who had confronted him while he was investigating illegal logging.


Rare Philippine turtles returned by Hong Kong

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:29 PM PDT

Turtles represent longevity and good luck, and that's certainly true for 18 rare smuggled turtles that were returned from Hong Kong to their native Philippines.


U.S. oil report seen supporting Iran sanctions

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:51 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is unlikely to pull back from levying sanctions against Iran oil transactions based on a government report due on Friday, which is expected to show crude markets are sufficiently well-supplied to move forward with the penalties.

VIDEO: Bin Laden's family deported

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 06:45 PM PDT

Pakistan has deported the wives and children of Osama bin laden.


Blind China activist Chen "escapes" home detention: activists

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:30 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chen Guangcheng, a blind legal activist known as one of China's most prominent human rights advocates, has left home detention in the country's east, activists said on Friday, but it is unclear where he is or under what circumstances he left. Chen, a self-schooled legal advocate who campaigned against forced abortions, and his family have been restricted to their home since September 2010 in Linyi in Shandong province after he was released from jail. Their confinement has fanned protests by Chinese sympathizers and criticism from foreign governments and activist groups. ...


Exclusive: Senate probe finds little evidence of effective 'torture'

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:44 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A nearly three-year-long investigation by Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats is expected to find there is little evidence the harsh "enhanced interrogation techniques" the CIA used on high-value prisoners produced counter-terrorism breakthroughs.

Barak restates Israeli hard line on nuclear Iran

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:08 PM PDT

Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks during a news conference with his Colombian counterpart Juan Camilo Pinzon in BogotaJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defense Minister Ehud Barak restated Israel's fears of a nuclear-armed Iran on Thursday after his top general clashed with the government's line by describing the Islamic republic as "very rational" and unlikely to build a bomb. Addressing foreign diplomats on Israel's independence day, Barak said Iranian leaders were not "rational in the Western sense of the word - connoting the quest for status quo and the peaceful resolution of problems". ...

US agrees to Okinawa troop redeployment

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT

Under security deal, US will move 9,000 soldiers from the southern Japanese island to other Pacific locations.


BOJ to Boost Bond Purchases

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 10:57 PM PDT

The Bank of Japan stepped up its fight to curb deflation and weaken the strong yen, announcing plans to boost its purchases of Japanese government bonds.


Home surrounded after blind China activist's mystery "escape"

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 11:08 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A blind legal activist and one of China's most prominent human rights advocates has escaped home detention in the country's east, activists said on Friday, but confusion over his whereabouts has worried supporters.

Iraq's Shahristani: dispute with Kurds an internal affair

Posted: 26 Apr 2012 09:07 PM PDT

Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani speaks during a joint news conference with Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi in BaghdadWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A simmering dispute between Iraq's central government and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan is an internal affair, a top Baghdad official said on Thursday, in an implicit rebuff of U.S. efforts to broker a compromise between the two sides. "Of course there is American interest and goodwill to facilitate an understanding," said Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani. "But it was clear to all sides that any internal matter has to be discussed by Iraqis inside Iraq," he told reporters after meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. ...
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