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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya speaks on his mobile phone before of a meeting inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Honduras pact crumbles over unity government

Reuters - Yesterday, 08:58 am

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An agreement to end a four-month political crisis in Honduras collapsed early on Friday after two rival leaders failed to form a unity cabinet to heal the damage from a June coup. More »

Israel rejects U.N. assembly vote on Gaza war
Reuters - Yesterday, 06:16 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world body vote as "completely detached from realities." More »
U.N. assembly votes for probes of Gaza war charges
Reuters - Thursday, November 5 10:21 pm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution on Thursday urging Israel and the Palestinians to investigate war crimes charges levelled in a controversial U.N. report on the Gaza war. More »
Russia detains two over Politkovskaya murder
Reuters - Thursday, November 5 02:42 pm
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have detained two suspects in the murder of a human rights lawyer and a reporter in central Moscow in January, a court official said on Thursday. More »
Russia detains two over Politkovskaya murder
Reuters - Thursday, November 5 11:29 am
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police have detained two suspects in the murder of a human rights lawyer and a reporter in central Moscow in January, a court official said on Thursday. More »
EU minister says Cuban "gestures" needed on rights
Reuters - Thursday, November 5 06:05 am
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba needs to make "gestures" on human rights if it wants the European Union to treat it like most other nations, an EU official said on Wednesday at the end of a three-day trip to Cuba. More »
EU seeks Cuban gesture on human rights: EU official
AFP - Thursday, November 5 04:56 am
HAVANA (AFP) - The European Union does not seek a regime change in communist Cuba, but expects progress on human rights, a visiting EU official said after meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro. More »
U.N. assembly set to call for probes of Gaza war
Reuters - Wednesday, November 4 06:58 pm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly debated on Wednesday a resolution that would call on Israel and the Palestinians to investigate charges of war crimes during the Gaza war detailed in a report that has infuriated Israel. More »
U.N. assembly draft urges action on Gaza "war crimes"
Reuters - Monday, November 2 10:55 pm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Arab U.N. delegates circulated a draft resolution on Monday that would require Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to bring a U.N. report alleging war crimes in the Gaza Strip before the Security Council. More »