U.S. officials came to the defense of the secretary of state Tuesday, insisting that Hillary Clinton did not order State Department staff to spy on United Nations diplomats, as suggested by a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks. View full post on CNN.com – World
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s lobbying to get better American weaponry than U.S.-aligned Arab powers has been complicated by their shared hostility toward Iran, leaked diplomatic cables show. View full post on Reuters: World News
Russia will have to build up its nuclear forces if the United States fails to ratify the New START arms treaty the two countries signed this year, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warns in an upcoming CNN interview. View full post on CNN.com – World
The military operation to clear a Rio de Janeiro slum of drug traffickers will effectively turn into an occupation of the area at least through May of next year, according to a top official. View full post on CNN.com – World
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Ugandan newspaper that “outs” people it says are gay and has called for them to be hanged said on Tuesday it would use a two-week window before a court verdict on its activities to continue with its campaign. View full post on Reuters: World News
Government ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea will meet in Washington in early December to discuss North Korea, South Korea’s foreign affairs ministry says. View full post on CNN.com – World
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will hold two days of talks with Iran’s nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili next week, the first high-level discussions with Tehran on nuclear issues in 14 months. View full post on Reuters: World News
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak warned Monday that North Korea will face severe consequences if it launches another military attack across its southern border. FULL STORY l OPINION: NAVIES SEND A MESSAGE View full post on CNN.com – World
ROME (Reuters) – Mario Monicelli, 95, who directed some of postwar Italy’s most famous films and launched the careers of some of the country’s greatest actors, jumped to his death from a Rome hospital window on Monday, Italian media said. View full post on Reuters: World News
An alleged gang member who police say was behind 80 percent of the killings in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, over the past 16 months, was arrested over the weekend, officials said. FULL STORY l KIDS LEARN TO SURVIVE View full post on CNN.com – World