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SEATTLE (Reuters) - A day after wooing Seattle's elite with pop-culture jokes and promises of reform, Chinese President Xi Jinping gets down to business on Wednesday, meeting Apple Inc’s Tim Cook and other top tech executives.<br clear='all'/><img width='1' height='1'...

QUITO (Reuters) - Venezuela and Colombia agreed on Monday to restore their respective ambassadors following a diplomatic spat sparked by Venezuela's closure of the border between the two countries and the deportation of hundreds of Colombians.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday issued regulations easing restrictions on American companies seeking to do business in Cuba and opening up travel in the latest action to weaken the U.S. trade embargo amid warming relations with the Communist country.<br clear='all'/><img...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday issued regulations easing restrictions on American companies seeking to do business in Cuba and opening up travel in the latest move to weaken the U.S. trade embargo amid warming relations with the Communist country.<br clear='all'/><img...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Veteran diplomat Jose Cabanas on Thursday became Cuba's first ambassador to the United States in 54 years, thanks to the recent rapprochement between the former Cold War foes.<br clear='all'/><img width='1' height='1'...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Thursday it hoped Pope Francis's trip to Cuba would help bring an end to a 53-year-old U.S. embargo and lead to more freedom and human rights on the communist island.<br clear='all'/><img width='1' height='1'...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police kept in custody overnight seven business executives and university administrators as part of an operation targeting supporters of a U.S.-based cleric accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of plotting a coup.<br clear='all'/><img width='1' height='1'...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba on Wednesday launched its annual campaign for a United Nations resolution condemning the U.S. economic embargo while the White House and the Vatican added their own pressure on the U.S. Congress to end the 53-year-old sanctions.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is expected to raise the Vatican's opposition to the United States' embargo against Cuba during his forthcoming trip but he will not dwell on the issue so as not to be seen as interfering in U.S. politics, Vatican officials say.<br clear='all'/><img...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Authorities issued warrants against 11 executives and university officials in central Turkey on Wednesday in an operation targeting supporters of a U.S.-based cleric accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of plotting a coup, local media said.<br clear='all'/><img width='1'...

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police on Tuesday arrested a local hunter who was linked to the killing of Cecil the lion in July on new charges of transporting 29 sable antelopes without a permit and as accomplice to smuggling the animals.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a...

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament on Tuesday, his spokesman said, blaming a mix-up in his office for the error.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a...

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's parliament suspended television and radio broadcasting of a speech by President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday after opposition parties threatened to disrupt the event.<br clear='all'/><img width='1' height='1'...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Conservative Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott dismissed mounting speculation on Monday that his position is in danger, playing down talk that he may call a snap election to stem off a leadership coup from within his own party.<br clear='all'/><img width='1' height='1'...

HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean court has charged three South African men with illegally capturing 29 sable antelopes and attempting to export them without a permit, the local parks authority said on Sunday.<br clear='all'/><img width='1' height='1'...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Friday convicted 12 men of planning several blasts on crowded commuter trains in the financial capital of Mumbai in 2006, which killed more than 180 people and wounded hundreds.<br clear='all'/><img width='1' height='1'...

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean man who slashed the U.S. ambassador in the face with a fruit knife was jailed for 12 years on Friday after being found guilty of attempted murder.<br clear='all'/><br/><br/><a...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has opened its new Cairo embassy inside its ambassador's residence, saying on Thursday that holdups in finding separate premises as is customary had encumbered an already challenging relationship with Egypt.<br clear='all'/><img width='1' height='1'...

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