| BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he welcomed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's announcement that Afghan forces would soon take responsibility for security from the U.S.-led NATO peacekeeping force. We do think that ultimately we're going to need to se... |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he still wanted to close Guantanamo Bay prison but said the plan had been tougher to achieve than he had hoped due to resistance from Congress. We cannot have a permanent outpost in which they are being held even as we are ending... |
| NAIROBI (Reuters) - Troops from the African Union force AMISOM said they had secured a United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu after it was attacked by Islamist militants. AMISOM was at the UNDP compound within minutes and has it currently secured, the force said on its o... |
| By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A former Cleveland school-bus driver accused of holding three women captive in his home and torturing them for a decade is scheduled to appear in court for a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday. Ariel Castro, 52, pleaded not guilty last ... |
| NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said on Wednesday its fighters were behind an attack on a United Nations compound in Mogadishu and said a battle between their gunmen and security forces continued more than an hour after an initial blast. Mujahideen units ... |
| By Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai distanced himself from U.S. peace talks with Taliban insurgents that are likely to begin on Thursday, and, as a mark of displeasure, said the government was suspending negotiations with Washington over a troop agreement. ... |
| By Joseph Lichterman OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (Reuters) - Investigators looking for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in a suburban Detroit field could search the area for two more days, seeking evidence to prove an elderly mobster's claim the labor leader was buried a... |
| By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - Attorneys for accused mob boss James Whitey Bulger will seek on Wednesday to paint star witness John The Executioner Martorano as a heartless killer whose testimony cannot be trusted in the trial of one of Boston's most feared men. ... |
| By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said that when Pakistan got atomic bombs and Brazil began enriching uranium, the world started to work w... |
| Here's the latest news for Wednesday, June 19: Obama in Germany; Arizona wildfire; Massive protests in Brazil, Alaska heat wave. |
Here's the latest news for Wednesday, June 19: Obama in Germany; Arizona wildfire; Massive protests in Brazil, Alaska heat wave. |
| By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the sanctuary of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London even if Sweden stops pursuing sexual assault claims against him because he fears arrest on the order of the United States. In ... |
| By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will unveil plans for a sharp reduction in nuclear warheads in a landmark speech at the Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday that comes 50 years after John F. Kennedy declared Ich bin ein Berliner in a defiant Cold War ... |
| By Todd Benson SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country. ... |
| By Mark Hosenball and Andrea Shalal-Esa (Reuters) - Industry executives and some corners of the U.S. intelligence community are pushing back against possible legislative moves to curb contractors' access to classified information. Following leaks by former Nationa... |
| By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation severely restricting abortions, a move that could alienate women from the conservative party. The bill would ban abortions 20 weeks after ferti... |
| By John Shiffman and Mark Hosenball (Reuters) WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday identified two of the more than 50 classified cases in which they say National Security Agency eavesdropping helped thwart terrorist plots including a planned attack on the New York Stock Exch... |
| By Mark John PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on President Francois Hollande to be more assertive in Europe. Successive Europe-wide polls sh... |
| By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said that when Pakistan got atomic bombs and Brazil began enriching uranium, the world started to work w... |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce on Tuesday he will pursue a new reduction in deployed nuclear weapons, aiming to cut them by up to one third below the level achieved in the last New START treaty with Russia, a senior administration official said. The President wi... |
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