January 5, 2012 – 7:40 pm
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran faced the prospect on Thursday of cutbacks in its oil sales to China and Japan as new measures to cut off Tehran’s crude exports appeared to be driving its economy to the wall.
January 5, 2012 – 7:39 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bomb attacks in mainly Shi’ite Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 73 people and wounded scores on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, raising fears of an increase in sectarian strife.
January 5, 2012 – 6:57 pm
GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan police said on Thursday they had seized explosive equipment in a refugee camp near the Somali border, calling it a major breakthrough in their investigation into attacks blamed on rebels linked to al Qaeda.
January 5, 2012 – 6:55 pm
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti prepared for a New Year campaign to reassure European partners that his technocrat government can boost the ailing economy, with an unexpected and apparently private visit to Brussels on Thursday.
January 5, 2012 – 6:50 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators will hold their second round of face-to-face talks within a week on Monday in Amman, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Thursday.
January 5, 2012 – 6:40 pm
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Arab League peace monitors will stay in Syria to check on the government’s compliance with a promise to end 10 months of violence against pro-democracy protesters, Arab government sources said on Thursday, despite criticism from Qata…
January 5, 2012 – 6:14 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The leader of a Shi’ite militia which carried out some of the most prominent attacks on foreigners during the Iraq war, said the group will lay down its weapons and is prepared to join the political process.
January 5, 2012 – 5:47 pm
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian prosecutors have demanded the death sentence for former president Hosni Mubarak and other defendants including the former interior minister for their role in the killing of protesters in the uprising that swept him from power…
January 5, 2012 – 5:27 pm
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reached out to rival North Korea on Thursday, nearly three weeks after the death of the North’s iron-fisted ruler Kim Jong-il, saying it wanted to reopen dialogue despite the North’s vitriolic outbursts.
January 5, 2012 – 3:35 pm
LONDON (Reuters) – Should Iran’s rulers ever make good their threats to block the Straits of Hormuz, they could almost certainly achieve their aim within a matter of hours.
