UK's Blair says EU exit would be "monumental error"

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron risks committing a monumental error that would threaten Britain's status as a world power if he allows rising anti-European Union sentiment to spiral into an EU exit, former leader Tony Blair said on Wednesday....

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Palestinians win more European support for limited statehood

GENEVA/RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - More European states joined France on Wednesday in backing a Palestinian bid for limited statehood, but Britain held back, saying it wanted an assurance that the Palestinians would not pursue Israel through the...

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U.S., Pakistan ties fully repaired: Pakistan foreign minister

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan and the United States have restored full military and intelligence ties after relations hit a low point last year, and Islamabad will take further steps to support a nascent Afghan peace process, Pakistan's foreign minister...

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Congo M23 rebels say withdrawing forces

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have started withdrawing from towns captured since last week from government troops, following a deal brokered by Uganda, their military leader said on Wednesday....

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Car bombs kill 34 in pro-Assad Damascus suburb

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two car bombs killed at least 34 people in a district of Damascus loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday in the deadliest attack on the Syrian capital in months. The explosions struck the eastern neighborhood of Jaramana,...

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Egypt protests continue in crisis over Mursi powers

CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of demonstrators were in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a sixth day on Wednesday to demand that President Mohamed Mursi rescind a decree they say gives him dictatorial powers, and two of Egypt's top courts stopped work in protest....

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Polish ruling on kosher meat angers Jews

WARSAW (Reuters) - Jewish groups said on Wednesday a Polish court ruling on methods used to slaughter livestock could halt the production of kosher meat, threatening their religious freedom in a country where Nazi Germany massacred millions of Jews in...

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Russian mafia whistleblower, 44, found dead in UK

WEYBRIDGE, England/LONDON (Reuters) - A Russian businessman helping Swiss prosecutors uncover a powerful fraud syndicate has died in unexplained circumstances near his mansion in Britain, in a chilling twist to a Russian mafia scandal that has strained...

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Iran "will press on with enrichment:" nuclear chief

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will go on refining uranium "with intensity" and the number of enrichment centrifuges it has operating will rise substantially in the current year, the country's nuclear energy chief was quoted as saying on Wednesday. The comments...

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Colombia leaves pact recognizing U.N. court rulings

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has withdrawn from a treaty that binds it to the U.N. International Court of Justice in anger at a ruling that shifts some of its resource-rich waters to Nicaragua, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday. The Hague-based...

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India executes last surviving Mumbai attacker, sparks celebrations

MUMBAI, India/FARIDKOT, Pakistan (Reuters) - India secretly hanged the lone survivor of the Pakistan-based militant squad responsible for a rampage through Mumbai that killed 166 people, sparking celebrations days before the fourth anniversary of the...

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Goma rebels say will "liberate" all Congo

SAKE/GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Rebel forces in eastern Congo vowed on Wednesday to "liberate" all of the vast central African country as they began seizing towns near the Rwandan border and spoke of a 1,000-mile march to the capital...

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Archbishop: Church of England is blind, losing credibility

LONDON (Reuters) - The Archbishop of Canterbury accused his Church of England of being willfully blind to the attitudes of modern British society on Wednesday after it voted 'no' to women bishops, a triumph for its traditionalist minority. After more...

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Bomb kills 3 soldiers, 2 civilians in Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast killed three soldiers and two civilians in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, security officials said. The bomb, attached to a motorcycle, exploded near a security vehicle escorting school children,...

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Mali Islamists threaten interests outside Africa: UK

ABUJA (Reuters) - An Islamist rebellion in northern Mali could become a springboard for jihadists to threaten interests beyond West Africa, Britain's new envoy to the Sahel region said on Wednesday. Military experts from Africa, the United Nations and...

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Turkey asks NATO for missile defense against Syria

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO said on Wednesday it would consider a Turkish request to deploy Patriot missiles on its territory to help it defend itself against any Syrian attacks. Ankara's bid for the missiles followed talks with NATO allies about how...

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South Sudan, Sudan trade accusations in setback to peace deal

JUBA/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan accused one another of incursions in disputed border areas on Wednesday, jeopardizing plans to secure the boundary and resume cross-border oil flows. The two former civil war foes agreed in September to...

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Hamas and Israel agree ceasefire: sources

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a ceasefire brokered by Egypt on the eighth day of intensive Israeli fire on the Gaza Strip and militant rocket attacks out of the enclave, Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian sources said....

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Ivory Coast's Ouattara names ex Foreign Minister as PM

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has named Daniel Kablan Duncan, a member of his allied PDCI party, as his new prime minister, Ouattara's office said on Wednesday. The nomination of Duncan, who previously served as foreign...

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World powers want new nuclear talks with Iran quickly

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Six world powers agreed on Wednesday to seek renewed talks with Iran as fast as possible, reflecting a heightened sense of urgency to resolve a long rift over Tehran's disputed nuclear activity and avert the threat of war. Their...

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Israel sees long days of Gaza combat, moots invasion

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's aerial assault on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday could draw cross-border Palestinian rocket attacks and stretch into days of fighting, including a ground offensive if required, the Israeli military said. "The days we face...

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U.S. stops short of recognizing Syrian opposition body

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States declined to follow France in fully recognizing a fledgling Syrian opposition coalition on Wednesday, saying the body must prove its worth, after its predecessor was dogged by feuding and accusations of Islamist domination....

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In war-torn Syria, secrets and double lives

IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) - Every morning, Amjad goes through two army checkpoints to attend a school run by the Syrian government. Every night, he sits by his father's side to plot attacks to bring that government down. Amjad doesn't see the strangeness...

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Congo mutineer linked to M23 rebels surrenders

KINSHASA (Reuters) - A leading army mutineer allied to the M23 rebellion in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered, the government said on Wednesday, claiming it as a major blow to the insurgents. Eastern Congo has been swept by violence...

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