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Oil hits 28-month high in US on Syria tensions Crude-oil prices surged higher Friday amid US-Russia tensions over a potential military strike on Syria, pushing the US contract to a 28-month high.
07 сентября 2013
Guantanamo activist force-fed at White House protest A US hunger striker was force fed through a nasal tube in front of the White House Friday, in a protest aimed at showing the procedure used at Guantanamo is "torture."
07 сентября 2013
Obama weighs 'limited' strike on Syria President Barack Obama said the United States was weighing "limited, narrow" action against Syria, as UN inspectors left the country Saturday and opened a window into a possible strike.
31 августа 2013
Obama not ready to order Syria strike but gives up on UN President Barack Obama said Wednesday he had not yet signed off on a plan to strike Syria, but action appeared likely after Washington abandoned the hunt for a last-minute UN mandate.
29 августа 2013
Chinese media say 'no excuse' for West to strike Syria Chinese state media warned the West against strikes on Syria Thursday as momentum mounted for President Bashar al-Assad's regime to be punished over an alleged chemical weapons attack.
29 августа 2013
A worker at Kashagan field. ©REUTERS Kazakhstan workers strike on Kashagan's D island Around 200 employees of CAPE Industrial Services subcontractor were striking this weekend. The company works on D island of Kazakhstan’s oil field Kashagan.
10 июля 2013
©REUTERS/Bob Strong Doctors urge access to Guantanamo hunger strikers More than 150 doctors from the United States and Britain have written to President Barack Obama urging him to grant independent medical care to hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees.
20 июня 2013
Greece faces general strike amid fury over state TV closure Greek unions plan a 24-hour general strike Thursday, amid a storm of protest over the government's decision to shut down public broadcaster ERT as part of sweeping cost-cutting measures.
13 июня 2013
Missile kills 26 as key Syria battle enters third week A missile strike near Syria's biggest city Aleppo killed 26 people and government warplanes pounded Qusayr.
04 июня 2013
Greek teachers drop strike plans during exam period Greek school teachers early on Thursday abandoned plans to hold a strike during university entry exams after the government enacted an emergency decree to force them back to work.
16 мая 2013
Guantanamo prisoners face body search: lawyer Guantanamo officials have warned detainees at the widely reviled US prison that they will have to be patted down thoroughly each time they meet their lawyers.
12 мая 2013
UN chief urges restraint after Israeli air strikes in Syria UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed Sunday for restraint to avoid an escalation in Syria's civil war, expressing "grave concern" over Israeli air raids.
06 мая 2013
©REUTERS Guantanamo prisoner speaks of despair, hunger strike Guantanamo Bay prisoner Obaydullah says he is "losing all hope" after joining a widening hunger strike in February to protest his indefinite detention at the US military jail.
04 мая 2013
©REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Obama eyes Guantanamo envoy but closure path thorny President Barack Obama may name a new envoy as a first step toward honoring his renewed pledge to close Guantanamo Bay, but the path to shuttering the "war on terror" camp seems as intractable as ever.
02 мая 2013
©REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Fear and anger follow Sudanese rebel strike Fear and anger on Sunday followed a Sudanese rebel strike on a major town residents said had been left unguarded and was hit during coordinated attacks in the insurgents' most audacious act in years.
29 апреля 2013
Half of Guantanamo on hunger strike: US official More than half of the 166 detainees held at the US-run Guantanamo military prison have joined a rapidly growing hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention.
22 апреля 2013
Guantanamo hunger strike grows to 52: official More Guantanamo detainees have joined a growing hunger strike at the reviled US military prison, with nearly a third of the 166 war-on-terror suspects participating.
18 апреля 2013
Obama speaks to Karzai, days after strike kills civilians US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular consultations, three days after a NATO air strike killed 11 Afghan children.
10 апреля 2013
NATO strike kills 11 children in Afghanistan: officials A NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed 11 children, officials said Sunday, the latest case of civilian casualties which provoke great anger in the war-torn country.
08 апреля 2013
US boosts missile defence, N. Korea warns of nuclear strike The United States has scrambled to reinforce its Pacific missile defences, preparing to send ground-based interceptors to Guam.
04 апреля 2013

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