BAGHDAD/ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A lasting solution to Iraq's dispute with its Kurdish north is unlikely even if recent talks between the two sides lead to a resumption of oil exports from the autonomous region.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly curbed new building projects in Jewish settlements, an Israeli watchdog group and media reports said on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to help U.S. efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Tuesday Israeli air strikes on targets near Damascus, saying they were an opportunity for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to cover up its own killings.
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio school bus driver and his two brothers have been arrested after three women who vanished separately as teenagers about a decade ago were found alive at a Cleveland house.
LONDON (Reuters) - Diageo reshuffled its management on Tuesday, with a company insider becoming the boss of the world's biggest spirits firm, suggesting there will be no significant change in strategy.
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC reported a near doubling in first quarter earnings on Tuesday, demonstrating the benefits of a three-year restructuring, cost cuts and a big drop in bad debt charges.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should leave the European Union because Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to claw back powers from Brussels is doomed, former chancellor Nigel Lawson said on Monday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has taken two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from the country's east coast, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, after weeks of concern that Pyongyang had been poised for a test-launch.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Mian Hussain is fighting for his political life from a deserted party headquarters, where two telephones sit silently beside him and the footsteps of a tea boy echo down the corridor.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is using espionage to acquire technology to fuel its military modernization, the Pentagon said on Monday, for the first time accusing the Chinese of trying to break into U.S. defence computer networks and prompting a firm denial from Beijing.