Assad forces bomb Syria's Homs Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:28:59 -0500
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs on Wednesday, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists.
U.S. and French journalists killed in Syria Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:53:58 -0500
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were staying in, opposition activists and witnesses said.
Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:42:20 -0500
VIENNA/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.
U.S., European security officials discount Iran-Al Qaeda links Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:55:16 -0500
(Reuters) - U.S. and European officials are downplaying allegations that Iran and al Qaeda have recently stepped up cooperation in preparation for possible attacks on U.S. and other Western targets.
Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:40:16 -0500
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.
Putin praises Cold War moles for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:04:14 -0500
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin praised Cold War-era scientists on Thursday for stealing U.S. nuclear secrets so that United States would not be the world's sole atomic power, in comments reflecting his vision of Russia as a counterweight to U.S. power.
Chavez surgery rocks Venezuela ahead of election Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:19 -0500
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's imminent departure for more cancer surgery in Cuba has thrown his re-election campaign into uncertainty and once again shaken the socialist leader's passionate supporters.
Judge to rule on Mubarak case on June 2 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:16:13 -0500
CAIRO (Reuters) - The verdict in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, charged with ordering the killing of protesters in the uprising that swept him from power, will be delivered on June 2, the judge said on Wednesday.
Argentine commuter train crashes, killing 49 people Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:38:33 -0500
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during Wednesday's morning rush hour, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 600 in Argentina's worst rail crash in three decades.
Rome expands cruise ship probe as bodies found Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:58:29 -0500
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors placed four ship's officers and three company executives under investigation Wednesday in connection with the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster as divers found eight more bodies on the wreck including that of a 5-year-old girl.