PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande named a government dominated by moderate left-wingers on Wednesday after Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry, overlooked for the post of prime minister, said she no longer wanted to be part of the new cabinet. Hollande, sworn in on Tuesday as France’s first Socialist president in 17 years, named [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States warned supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday it may freeze their assets if they hamper the transfer of power in the Gulf nation. President Barack Obama signed an executive order allowing U.S. authorities to sanction members of Yemen’s government or others who endanger its stability, [...]

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to “sow chaos” in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power. Assad’s remarks, to a Russian TV channel, came after U.N. staff monitoring an increasingly [...]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son has refused to appoint a Libyan lawyer to defend him against accusations of murder and torture during a crackdown on a revolt against his father’s rule, the country said on Wednesday. Libya said earlier this month that it would complete within weeks its investigation into [...]

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro’s daughter is scheduled to visit California next week to speak at a conference of experts on Latin America during a rare U.S. trip by a member of Cuba’s ruling family. Sexologist Mariela Castro, 50, will discuss Cuba’s policies on sexual issues on May 24 at a Latin American [...]