By Arshad Mohammed and Denis Dyomkin SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to probe Russia’s willingness to curb its involvement in Ukraine and its backing of Syria’s president. Kerry met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for more than four hours before he sat down with Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in what was the highest-level U.S. visit
By Lefteris Papadimas and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece emptied an emergency IMF holding account to repay 750 million euros ($839 million) due to the international lender, a Greek central bank official said, avoiding default but underscoring the dire state of the country’s finances. With Athens close to running out of cash and a deal with its international creditors still elusive, there had been doubts about whether the leftist-led
Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator said on Tuesday he hoped diplomacy resuming this week will yield results before a self-imposed deadline for a final deal to curtail Iran’s atomic program expires at the end of June. “We hope we can pull together an agreement before July 1,” Abbas Araqchi was quoted as saying by Iran’s Mehr news agency as he met European officials in Vienna. Diplomats are trying to fill gaps
By Adrian Croft ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) – Preoccupied for more than a year by the Ukraine crisis, NATO foreign ministers meeting in Turkey this week will focus on instability on the alliance’s southern flank, ranging from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to turmoil in Libya. By meeting in Turkey, which shares a 1,200 km (750-mile) border with Iraq and Syria, NATO hopes to show it is responsive to the
The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it expected Mozambique’s economy to grow seven percent this year, thanks to investment in the vast northeastern Rovuma gas fields. “Mozambique’s economic performance remains robust and stronger than most other Sub-Saharan African countries,” said Alex Segura-Ubiergo, who led an IMF team on a two-week trip to Mozambique. Mozambique is on the cusp of becoming the world’s third largest exporter of liquefied natural gas after
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian space officials say they have decided to delay both the landing of some of the International Space Station’s crew and the launch of their successors due to the recent failed launch of an unmanned Russian cargo ship.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A much-anticipated U.S. Senate vote on trade will pack some suspense Tuesday, but it won’t be the final word, no matter how it turns out.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government helicopters dropped a barrel bomb Tuesday in a neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, hitting a busy bus depot and killing at least 15 people, activists said.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A major earthquake hit a remote region of Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 42 people, triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the Himalayan nation was ravaged by its worst quake in decades.
President Barack Obama’s decision to escalate his fight with the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party over a free trade deal with Asia is unwelcome news for Hillary Clinton.