Reuters: World News

Leaders hail Wall fall, vow to topple new barriers

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:27:32 +0000

BERLIN (Reuters) - World leaders hailed the ordinary people who helped bring down the Berlin Wall and said the historic events of 20 years ago showed nations were capable of rising to new challenges, from terrorism to climate change.

Iran charges three detained Americans with spying

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:19:40 +0000

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has charged three detained U.S. citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a prosecutor as saying on Monday, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was no evidence to back the charges.

U.N. declares Afghan election "credible, legitimate"

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:57:21 +0000

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly declared on Monday that Afghanistan's presidential election was both credible and sound, despite allegations of widespread fraud that led critics to question the vote's legitimacy.

Ida's threat ebbs but Gulf energy output disrupted

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:24 +0000

MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - A weakened Tropical Storm Ida drenched the U.S. Gulf Coast and oil installations on Monday, shutting down nearly 30 percent of Gulf energy production.

Somali pirates seize weapons ship, attack tanker

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:54:06 +0000

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have seized a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship loaded with weapons bound for the anarchic Horn of Africa nation in contravention of a U.N. arms embargo, maritime experts said on Monday.

U.S. says can give Iran time to okay nuclear deal

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:10:19 +0000

VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States is willing to give Iran time to decide whether to accept a U.N. draft deal meant to allay suspicions it is after atomic bombs but which has drawn Iranian objections, a U.S. diplomat said on Monday.

Militants behead school principal in Philippines

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:16:42 +0000

MANILA (Reuters) - Muslim militants beheaded a school principal on a remote southern island in the Philippines after holding him for ransom for three weeks, a marine general said on Monday.

Obama, Netanyahu to meet as U..S peace bid flounders

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:47:59 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Palestinians on Monday to resume negotiations with Israel, issuing the call before a meeting with President Barack Obama on the stalled Middle East peace process.

Lebanon's Hariri forms unity govt with Hezbollah

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:35:28 +0000

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri formed a new unity government on Monday that includes two ministers from Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

Anglican plan won't alter celibacy for most priests

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:22:02 +0000

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Monday its plan to allow married Anglican priests to convert to Catholicism does not signal any change to its age-old rule of celibacy for the overwhelming majority of Catholic priests.