Turkish, Iranian leaders meet ahead of Syria summit with Russia
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held talks in Ankara on Wednesday with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of a three-way summit with Russia on the Syrian conflict.
Russian spy chief says feels like Cold War is back
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign intelligence agency chief Sergei Naryshkin said on Wednesday that Washington’s actions toward Russia mean its possible to start speaking of a return to the Cold War era.
Russia expects international cooperation on security of World Cup
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The director of Russia’s main domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service, or FSB, said on Wednesday he expects cooperation with his agency’s counterparts in other countries will help Russia host a successful World Cup…
Philip, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, due to have hip surgery
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, is due to have hip surgery on Wednesday at a private hospital in London.
Wife of detained Chinese lawyer begins 100-km march to press for answers
BEIJING (Reuters) – The wife of a detained Chinese lawyer set off on Wednesday on a march of more than 100 km from Beijing to Tianjin city, where she believes her husband is being held incommunicado, in a bid to force authorities to explain his arrest….
Cambodia invites foreign observers to election after dissolving opposition
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia on Wednesday invited foreign observers to monitor a July general election, as required by law, which long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen is poised to win after the main opposition party was dissolved.
Malaysian PM Najib promises $378 million raise for civil servants ahead of polls
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Prime Minister Najib Razak promised on Wednesday 1.46 billion ringgit ($378.04 million) in salary hikes to Malaysia’s civil servants, a key vote bank for the ruling coalition in a looming general election.
Brazil army commander ‘repudiates impunity’ on eve of Lula ruling
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The commander of Brazil’s army ratcheted up tension on the eve of a Supreme Court decision on whether former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be allowed to exhaust his appeals process before being sent to jail for a corr…
Mexico vets and disperses Central American migrant ‘caravan’
MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican officials on Tuesday screened a dwindling group of hundreds of largely Central American migrants who are moving through Mexico toward the United States, seeking to break up the “caravan” that has drawn the ire …
Venezuela detains 17 over attack on opposition candidate’s campaign
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that 17 people had been detained for an attack on a rival presidential candidate’s campaign, but the leftist leader rejected accusations that pro-government thugs were to blame for…
