WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. talks with the Taliban are likely to be held within the "next few days" in Qatar, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, after delays caused by tensions over the naming of a new Taliban office in the capital, ... [Full Article]
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Cu Huy Ha Vu's books come with pages torn out by prison guards. Only some of his letters reach home. He is not allowed to access evidence from his trial or to see his wife alone. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will announce on Tuesday he will pursue a new reduction in deployed nuclear weapons, aiming to cut them by up to one third below the level achieved in the last "New START" treaty with Russia, a seni... [Full Article]
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. state and city officials are banding together to pressure cellphone makers to adopt technology, including a "kill switch" to disable stolen phones, that would deter rampant theft of the devices. A... [Full Article]
By Andjarsari Paramaditha and Amy Sawitta Lefevre JAKARTA/BANGKOK (Reuters) - Government and security officials in parts of Asia have been sending sensitive information and policy documents via e-mail services offered by U.S. web giants, and concerns... [Full Article]
By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan officially informed South Sudan on Tuesday that it would freeze their oil and economic agreements and stop allowing its neighbor to export crude through its territory within two months. Sudan on Sunday said ... [Full Article]
WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri woman is accused of trying to scare children by approaching them with a chain saw while wearing a ski mask. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
KARLSRUHE, Germany (AP) - A top European Central Bank official is defending the bank's key financial crisis backstop against a legal challenge in Germany's constitutional court. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could make a decision as early as this week on whether to arm Syrian rebels, a U.S. official said on Monday. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the question of whether to arm rebels is... [Full Article]
JERUSALEM (AP) - A senior Israeli official on Sunday said that the ruling Likud Party will not accept a Palestinian state with the borders favored by the Palestinians and the international community, a new hurdle to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry... [Full Article]