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    The Union flag and Saltire are seen flying side by side at Bankfoot in Perthshire ,Scotland

    Scots' push for Britain breakup begins in earnest

    EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Supporters of independence for Scotland will launch on Friday what they say is the biggest grassroots campaign in Scottish history, a move that could result in the demise of a 305-year-old union with England and the breakup of Britain. Seeking to tap … More »Scots' push for Britain breakup begins in earnest

    A woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote at a polling station in Cairo

    Egypt counts votes, Brotherhood says ahead

    CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood said on Friday its candidate was leading the early count in Egypt's first free presidential election that exposed a rift in the nation between supporters of Islamists … More »Egypt counts votes, Brotherhood says ahead

    European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton addresses a news conference after a meeting in Baghdad

    Iran, big powers agree to hold more nuclear talks in June

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran and world powers agreed to meet again in Moscow next month for more talks to try to end the long-running dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme, but there was scant progress to … More »Iran, big powers agree to hold more nuclear talks in June

    • Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, smiles after a meeting with the Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina at the Presidential House in Guatemala City
      U.N. rights chief to stay two more years; U.S., Syria aren't fans Reuters - 3 hrs ago

      UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday renewed the mandate of the world body's human rights chief Navi Pillay, but she was given an abbreviated … More »U.N. rights chief to stay two more years; U.S., Syria aren't fans

      Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, smiles after a meeting with the Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina at the Presidential House in Guatemala City

      UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday renewed the mandate of the world body's human rights chief Navi Pillay, but she was given an abbreviated term as part of a compromise deal with the United States, which dislikes her criticism of Israel, envoys said. Syria also made clear it was not a fan of …

    • U.S. soldier, two Chinese charged with smuggling guns to China Reuters - 5 hrs ago

      NEW YORK (Reuters) - A member of the U.S. National Guard and two Chinese citizens have been charged with smuggling multiple shipments of firearms from New York City to … More »U.S. soldier, two Chinese charged with smuggling guns to China

      NEW YORK (Reuters) - A member of the U.S. National Guard and two Chinese citizens have been charged with smuggling multiple shipments of firearms from New York City to China, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Joseph Debose, 29, a staff sergeant with a unit of the U.S. Special Forces National Guard, was arrested Sunday …

    • A policeman walks past Central Jail in Peshawar
      U.S. senators penalize Pakistan for jailing CIA helper Reuters - 2 hrs 0 mins ago

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad … More »U.S. senators penalize Pakistan for jailing CIA helper

      A policeman walks past Central Jail in Peshawar

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence. "It's arbitrary, but the hope is that Pakistan will realize we are serious," said …

    • Anti-government protesters wave opposition flags during the funeral of Sukaria, whom protesters said was killed by forces loyal to Assad, in Damascus
      Both sides in Syria abuse human rights: U.N. report Reuters - 56 mins ago

      GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N. investigation on Thursday said both sides in the Syrian conflict had committed serious human rights abuses, with government forces executing … More »Both sides in Syria abuse human rights: U.N. report

      Anti-government protesters wave opposition flags during the funeral of Sukaria, whom protesters said was killed by forces loyal to Assad, in Damascus

      GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N. investigation on Thursday said both sides in the Syrian conflict had committed serious human rights abuses, with government forces executing entire families in their homes and rebels torturing and killing soldiers and government supporters. The United Nations report into the 14-month uprising …

    • Russian President Putin listens during a general assembly of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow
      Putin's support sliding, crisis ahead: think-tank Reuters - 6 hrs ago

      MOSCOW (Reuters) - Support for President Vladimir Putin is sliding across Russia, and pressure for change is so widespread that a political crisis including violent clashes … More »Putin's support sliding, crisis ahead: think-tank

      Russian President Putin listens during a general assembly of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow

      MOSCOW (Reuters) - Support for President Vladimir Putin is sliding across Russia, and pressure for change is so widespread that a political crisis including violent clashes with protesters appears highly likely, a respected think-tank said on Thursday. Putin was elected comfortably to a third, six-year term as president …

    • Thirty die in Mali-Burkina Faso ethnic border clash Reuters - 13 mins ago

      OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - At least 30 people have been killed after clashes erupted between Dogon farmers and nomadic Fulani herders along the Mali-Burkina Faso border, Burkina authorities said late on Thursday. The fighting, which began on Tuesday, took place near Sari, a Malian town about 15 km (9 miles) from the border …

    • Mexican mother arrested after son's eyes gouged out Reuters - 29 mins ago
      Medical personnel transport a young boy, whose eyes had been gouged out, to the hospital after he had been brought in by helicopter in Mexico City

      MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A mother in Mexico has been arrested on suspicion of gouging out the eyes of her 5-year-old son during a ceremony. Police said on Thursday they had arrested seven people, including the boy's parents, after his eyeballs were pulled out during the ritual in Nezahualcoyotl, a working-class neighborhood …

    • Brotherhood claims lead as Egypt vote count begins AP - 1 hr 21 mins ago
      An Egyptian woman shows her inked finger after voting during the second day of presidential elections inside a polling station in the Mataraya neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 24, 2012. Egyptians voted Thursday on the second day of a landmark presidential election that will produce a successor to longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson)

      The Muslim Brotherhood quickly staked a claim Thursday for its candidate to advance to a runoff vote, saying its exit polls showed him leading in Egypt's landmark presidential election to succeed ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.

    • Nuclear talks with Iran set to resume next month AP - 4 hrs ago
      World powers negotiators arrive at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Negotiators from the U.S. and five other world powers sat down Wednesday with a team of Iranian diplomats to try to hammer out specific goals in the years-long impasse over Tehran's nuclear program.(AP Photo/Mohammed Ameen, Pool)

      Iran and six world powers wrapped up talks Thursday still far apart over how to oversee Tehran's atomic program, but with resolve to keep dialogue going as an alternative to possible military action.

    • In Egypt vote, families debate on generation lines AP - 6 hrs ago
      Egyptian women line up outside a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 24, 2012. In a wide-open race that will define the nation's future political course, Egyptians voted Thursday on the second day of a landmark presidential election that will produce a successor to longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian flag is painted at background. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

      Arwa el-Hussein, a 20-year-old pharmacy student, has been quarreling with her father for weeks, trying to get him not to back Hosni Mubarak's former prime minister for president.

    • EU running out of time as Greece nears the exit AP - 2 hrs 5 mins ago
      European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, right, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, address the media at the end of an EU summit, at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, May 24, 2012. The leaders of the 27 countries that make up the European Union met in Brussels to try and find a way to keep the debt crisis in Europe from spiraling out of control and promote jobs and growth. Rompuy said that all EU leaders want Greece to remain in the eurozone while respecting its commitments to pay back its debt. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

      European leaders insist they want to keep Greece in the eurozone, but are putting off any agreement on how they hope to accomplish that. Greece says it, too, wants to stay in the eurozone, but until after elections it's uncertain whether it can implement the austerity that Europe has set as a condition for doing so.

    • US poised to vet possible arms for Syrian rebels AP - 7 hrs ago
      FILE - In this Saturday, April 28, 2012 file photo, the ship "Lutfallah II" believed to be carrying three containers of weapons, is docked at a Lebanese navy base, in Beirut, Lebanon. Struggling to obtain weapons, Syria's rebels appear to be shifting tactics to smaller-scale guerrilla tactics like roadside bombs and hit-and-run attacks as the regime chokes off the main smuggling routes into the country. AP interviews with security officials, rebels and arms dealers in neighboring countries indicate that individual units of anti-regime fighters scrape by haphazardly for weapons, with almost no central organization and little means to get arms heavier than automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades into the country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

      As one diplomatic effort after another fails to end more than a year of brutal violence in Syria, the Obama administration is preparing a plan that would essentially give U.S. nods of approval to arms transfers from Arab nations to some Syrian opposition fighters.

    • A smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes aim for it AP - 1 hr 28 mins ago
      In this Jan. 18, 2012 photo, a smoker puffs on a cigarette in the central business district in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand's government on Thursday, May 24, 2012, squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40 percent hike in tobacco taxes over the next four years. Officials hope higher taxes and new restrictions will bring the nation of 4.4 million closer to a recent pledge to snuff out the habit entirely by 2025. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Brett Phibbs) New Zealand Out, Australia Out

      There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?

    • Almost 700 arrested in Canada tuition protest AP - 5 hrs ago
      Thousands of demonstrators march in protest of tuition fee hikes through the streets of Montreal on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)

      Nearly 700 people were arrested Wednesday night after a protest over higher university tuition in Quebec erupted into another night of violence.

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