A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected an agreement by Dutch company Fokker Services B.V. to pay $10.5 million to resolve criminal charges it illegally shipped aircraft parts to Iran, Sudan and Myanmar, describing it as "grossly disproportionate" given the seriousness of the company's actions.
The United States is pressing Cuba to allow the opening of its embassy in Havana by April, U.S. officials told Reuters, despite the Communist island's demand that it first be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, growing frustrated with hardline resistance to a nuclear deal with the West, accused opponents on Saturday of effectively "cheering on" the other side in Tehran's grueling negotiations with world powers.
President Cristina Fernandez has portrayed Argentina's spy agency as sinister, accountable to no one, and possibly responsible for the mysterious death of a prominent prosecutor in his Buenos Aires apartment.
