Advisory - Indonesia Pertamina Angolan oil deal story withdrawn
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Please be advised that a Dec 19, 2011 story reporting that Pertamina has walked away from a possible deal to buy a stake in an offshore Angolan block is wrong. The stake in the block under consideration was incorre
U.S., Japan unveil revised plan for Okinawa
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By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Japan announced on Thursday a revised agreement on streamlining the U.S. military presence on Okinawa that will shift 9,000 Marines from that south
Charles Taylor conviction sends warning to tyrants
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor became the first head of state since World War II to be convicted by an international war crimes court, a historic verdict that sends a message that tyrants worldwide will be...
Argentine Senate, house committee back YPF takeover
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By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina stepped toward nationalizing its biggest oil company on Thursday when the government's expropriation bill sailed through the Senate and then a lower house
Pakistan deports bin Laden family to Saudi Arabia
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Pakistani authorities deported Osama bin Laden's three widows and his children to Saudi Arabia early Friday, less than a week before the first anniversary of the unilateral American raid that killed the al-Qaida leader...
3.3 tons of cocaine seized at Venezuelan seaport
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Security forces seized 3.3 tons of cocaine during an anti-drug operation at one of Venezuela's main seaports Thursday, a top security official said. Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami said National Guard troops found...
2 nephews of Sinaloa cartel leader arrested
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Mexico's federal Attorney General's Office says two nephews of a leader of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel have been arrested on drug possession charges. A spokesman for the agency says Omar Ismael Zambada and Sergio...
As Kate dotes, Prince William deflects baby jokes
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Prince William insists he and his wife Catherine aren't preparing for life as parents just yet, after she was caught doting on a newborn boy at a charity event. The Duchess of Cambridge, previously known as Kate...
Mexican attorney general to probe Wal-Mart charges
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Mexico's government is reversing course from its initial hands-off attitude toward allegations of corruption and influence-buying by Wal-Mart in Mexico. The federal Attorney General's Office now says it's opening a...
West Africa bloc to send 3,000 troops to Mali
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West Africa's regional bloc will be sending at least 3,000 troops to Mali to retrain and re-equip the country's military following last month's coup, officials said late Thursday. Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, the president...
ECOWAS says to send troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Thursday it will send military forces to Mali and Guinea-Bissau to monitor their transitions back to civilian rule after their coups, and will impose sa
Mexico truckers protest dangerous double trailers
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Independent Mexican truckers launched nationwide protests Thursday calling for clearer, fairer rules on vehicle weights and dimensions and for an end to discretionary permits that they say let double-trailer vehicles...
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Officials: West Africa regional bloc will send at least 3,000 troops to Mali to retrain army. ...
Taylor conviction and the fates of other leaders
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds."...
Syrian regime, rebels trade blame for deadly blast
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U.N. observers on Thursday inspected the site of an explosion that flattened a block of houses in the central Syrian city of Hama and killed at least 16 people, while the government and the opposition traded blame over...
Libya's ruling council fires Cabinet
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Libya's interim ruling council has fired the nation's Cabinet just five months after it took office, citing incompetence, two senior officials said Thursday, just two months before the country's first national election....
US to screen Guantanamo arraignment at 8 sites
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The arraignment for the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four other Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be broadcast by closed-circuit television to eight sites in the eastern United States, a military...
Islamist militants blow up Yemen gas pipeline
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ADEN (Reuters) - Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda blew up a gas pipeline on Thursday night in the eastern Yemeni province of Shabwa, a local official and residents said. The attack is the third against
UK probe of slain spy said hampered by delay
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A delay in reporting as missing a British spy whose naked and decomposing body was later found locked inside a sports bag frustrated police inquiries into his mysterious death, witnesses told an inquest hearing...
Photo: North Korea's big show visible from space
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In North Korea, the choreography can be part of the geography. The country is famous for organizing crowds of thousands of people using colored cards to spell out political slogans and images in stadiums or large...
Sierra Leone victims cheer Charles Taylor verdict
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Rebels captured Samuel Komba, tied him up with more than a dozen other villagers and set them on fire. Badly burned, he broke free, only to be caught by fighters who tried to chop off his right hand. The 58-year-old...
Attackers blow up gas pipeline south Yemen
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Yemeni local officials says attackers have blown up a gas pipeline in the south, stopping the country's export of gas. The officials say the attack is the second in less than a month in the southern province of Shabwa....
Syrian wants to form 'government' in exile
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Syria's fractured opposition is showing further signs of cracking, even as international powers build the pressure on President Bashar Assad to end his regime's bloody repression of dissent. Nofal Al-Dawalibi, the son...
Ukraine marks 26th anniversary of Chernobyl
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Urging all nations to be extremely cautious with nuclear energy, Ukraine's president thanked donors for financing the construction of a new, safer shelter over the damaged Chernobyl reactor on the 26th anniversary of...
Egypt presidential race boils down to 3 candidates
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Egypt's presidential race is boiling down to a contest between Hosni Mubarak's former foreign minister and two Islamists with strong bases of support after the election commission on Thursday released the final list of...
Mubarak's PM says can lead Egypt, draws protests
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By Marwa Awad and Edmund Blair CAIRO (Reuters) - Ahmed Shafiq says he has the military and political experience needed to lead Egypt into a new democratic era, yet Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister has div
Arab League condemns South Sudan 'aggression'
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The Arab League on Thursday condemned South Sudan's "military aggression" against an oil-rich border region claimed by Sudan while also supporting Sudan's right to defend itself. The statement came as some fear growing...
Nigeria: 7 killed in newspaper office bombings
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A suicide bomber and a man armed with explosives attacked two Nigerian newspaper offices on Thursday, killing seven people and wounding at least 26. The radical Islamic sect Boko Haram claimed responsibility. Boko...
High-speed trains bump in Rome, six hurt
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ROME (Reuters) - Two high-speed trains collided just outside Rome's central station on Thursday, slightly injuring six people, Italian railway authorities said. One train derailed as it approached Rome's Ter
Official: Afghan soldier kills US service member
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An Afghan soldier fatally shot an American service member and a local interpreter in southern Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, the latest in a string of attacks against U.S. and other foreign forces by their Afghan...
Tibetan quake victims fight China government land grab
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By Sui-Lee Wee GYEGU, China (Reuters) - For two years after a cataclysmic earthquake struck a remote and wild part of China's northwestern Qinghai province, Baobao and 29 other homeless ethnic Tibetan reside
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Officials say 3 US service members have been killed in a bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan. ...
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Officials: Libya's ruling council fires Cabinet, citing incompetence, 2 months before election. ...
Tunisia proposes new election for spring 2013
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Tunisia's prime minister says the next general election could be held by spring 2013. Hamadi Jebali presented the government's economic program to the constitutional assembly on Thursday and suggested the date for the...
Brazilian prostitute plans to sue US Embassy
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A Brazilian prostitute plans to sue the U.S. Embassy, three Marines, an American staff member and one of the Embassy's Brazilian drivers for injuries caused when she allegedly was pushed out of a van in Brasilia, her...
Bin Laden's family en route from Pakistan to Saudi
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The family of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, killed almost a year ago by American special forces in a military town in northwest Pakistan, were being deported from Pakistan early on Friday m
5 die in helicopter crash in Romania
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A helicopter crashed in eastern Romania on Thursday, killing all five people it was carrying, officials said. The aircraft was traveling from Moldova to Turkey when it went down near the Romanian village of Ostrov,...
Thousands rally for nationalists in Serbia
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About 10,000 people held a rally in Belgrade on Thursday to support Serbia's pro-Russian nationalists in next month's presidential and parliamentary election. Tomislav Nikolic, a leader among those nationalists and a...
Brazilian prostitute plans to sue US Embassy
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A Brazilian prostitute plans to sue the U.S. Embassy, three Marines, an American staff member and one of the embassy's Brazilian drivers for injuries caused when she allegedly was pushed out of a van in Brasilia. ...
U.S. drafts U.N. council resolution on Sudan, South Sudan conflict
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it has drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at making legally binding an African Union demand that Sudan and Sout
Jordan king blames premier for slow reform
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Jordan's King Abdullah II blamed his resigning prime minister Thursday for failing to push hard enough for reforms, reflecting frustration on all sides over demands for power-sharing and fair representation in...
Israel army chief: Other nations could strike Iran
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Israel's military chief said Thursday that other countries have readied their armed forces for a potential strike against Iran's nuclear sites to keep Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons. Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz did not...
Bombs kill 10, wound 18 in Iraq's Diyala: sources
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and 18 others wounded when two explosions struck a popular coffee shop in the restive Iraqi province of Diyala, security sources said on Thursday. Diyala province,
Iran might sign NPT protocol for snap inspections
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Iran's official news agency says Iran might ratify the additional protocol of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The IRNA report Thursday quoted Iran's ambassador to Moscow, Reza Sajjadi. He said it could be...
World Bank looks anew at Myanmar, debt and data key
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By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace and scope of the World Bank's re-engagement with Myanmar's reform-minded government will depend on settling the country's unpaid debts and getting accurate econ
Runoff campaign begins for Iran parliament seats
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The official one-week campaign has begun for runoff elections for some seats in Iran's parliament. The 65 seats up for grabs were not decided in the first round in March. Voting is set for May 4. Conservative...
Greece eyes UK-style railway privatization
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece is considering breaking up its railway and selling the right to operate some routes to different companies, in an attempt to maximize proceeds from the privatization and sidestep regulator
Georgia wants Russia out of separatist regions
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The president of Georgia said Thursday he's willing to resign if Russia withdraws its troops from two separatist Georgian regions that split off in the 2008 war between the two countries. The regions, Abkhazia and...
Ukraine to investigate alleged Tymoshenko abuse
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Facing deepening Western criticism, Ukraine's president on Thursday ordered a thorough probe into the alleged beating by prison officials of jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko, 51, the country's...
Hard-line Iraqi cleric urges political unity
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Two political leaders who put Iraq's prime minister in power met Thursday to discuss if they should withdraw their support, now that a bitter sectarian political deadlock has even led to calls for secession. Hard-line...