| KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have held secret discussions with the Afghan government and are willing to consider peace talks, a senior Afghan official said on Tuesday, in what may be a significant step towards an end to the long-running war. The peace talks will certainly take place betw... |
| KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have held secret discussions with the Afghan government and are willing to consider peace talks, a senior Afghan official said on Tuesday, in what may be a significant step towards an end to the long-running war. The peace talks will certainly take place betw... |
| REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland has received an informal approach from an intermediary who says Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, wants to seek asylum there. Snowden, the former employee of contr... |
| By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - Accused Boston mobster James Whitey Bulger and one of his associates shot dead a bar owner in a phone booth for bragging about helping the Winter Hill Gang with another killing, an ex-convict and confessed murderer testified on Tuesday. ... |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will meet the Taliban next week in talks in Doha aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States has battled Taliban insurgents for 12 years, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, but warned that the process will likely be lengthy. U.S. o... |
| By Andrew Osborn and Oliver Holmes ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Differences between Russia and the West mean an international peace conference on Syria is now unlikely to be held before August, a source at a meeting of Group of Eight leaders said on Tuesday as heavy fig... |
| By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp will display calorie counts for coffees and snacks at all its U.S. locations starting June 25, ahead of a federal requirement that large American food chains prominently disclose nutrition information. Th... |
| (Reuters) - An explosion at a gas line or gas plant about 80 miles north of New Orleans knocked out power to about 10,000 customers on Tuesday, according to local reports. The explosion occurred in the town of Enon, according to the reports. The sheriff's office in Washington Parish sa... |
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two coordinated suicide bombings at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Baghdad killed at least 29 worshippers at noon prayers on Tuesday, medics said. The first bomber detonated his charge at a checkpoint about 100 meters (yards) away from the mosque in al-Qahira district o... |
| By Renee Maltezou and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has avoided the uncertainty of an early election but the standoff over the state broadcaster's closure has weakened the prime minister and deepened mistrust in his fractious coalition. A court or... |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican head of a congressional panel on Tuesday said officials are concerned that former U.S. contractor Edward Snowden's continued efforts to speak out and release intelligence information pose more risk for the United States. House of Representatives In... |
| (Reuters) - The sheriff's office in Washington Parish, Louisiana, said its officers and other first responders were on the scene of an explosion early Tuesday. The dispatchers at the sheriff's office could not offer more details about the event. Local media sa... |
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The death toll from two apparently coordinated suicide bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital rose to 29, medics said on Tuesday. The first bomber detonated his charge at a checkpoint 100 meters (yards) from a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the al-Qahira district of northern B... |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition must not be allowed to set conditions for attending a peace conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments published on Tuesday. Despite pressure on President Vladimir Putin at a G8 summit to tone down Russian support for Bashar... |
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two coordinated suicide bombings near and inside a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Baghdad killed at least 13 worshippers on Tuesday, Iraqi police and an Interior Ministry source said. The attack will amplify concerns that Iraq is being dragged towards all-out Sunni-Shi... |
| ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - An international peace conference aimed at ending the conflict in Syria is unlikely to take place before August after G8 leaders clashed with Russia over the nature of a transitional government, a source familiar with the talks said on Tuesday. Yo... |
| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Vandals daubed Arabs out graffiti and punctured tires in an Arab village near Jerusalem on Tuesday, targeting a community widely seen in Israel as a showcase for Jewish-Arab coexistence. Unlike similar attacks that have damaged Arab mosques, homes, vehicles and oliv... |
| By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 could learn on Tuesday whether a judge will grant him more time to prepare as he represents himself in the military trial. Major... |
| By Dylan Welch and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan will send a team to Qatar for peace talks with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, as the U.S.-led NATO coalition launched the final phase of the 12-year war with the last round of security transfers to Afghan ... |
| By Kate Holton and Maria Golovnina ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin faced growing isolation on the second day of a G8 summit on Tuesday as world leaders lined up to pressure him into toning down his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.... |
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