Dubai tourism allure undiminished by hotel fire: tourism chief
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bookings in Dubai’s tourism industry are looking strong for the first quarter of this year despite the fire which swept through a downtown hotel on New Year’s Eve, the head of the emirate’s tourism department told Reuters on Sunday.
Iran gives medals for capture of U.S. sailors
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader has awarded medals to navy commanders for capturing U.S. sailors who entered Iranian territorial waters this month, Iran’s state media said on Sunday.
Tanzania launches manhunt after poachers kill British helicopter pilot
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian authorities have launched a manhunt after poachers shot down a helicopter and its British pilot during an operation to track down elephant killers, officials said on Sunday. British pilot Roger Gower was tracking poachers on Friday in the Maswa Game Reserve when his helicopter was hit by an AK-47 rifle fired from the ground, Tanzania’s tourism and natural resources minister, Jumanne Maghembe, said.
Twelve people dead after fire at a sewing room in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Twelve people were found dead after a fire in a sewing room in Moscow, Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Sunday.
Britain seeks stronger “emergency brake” from EU -source
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will demand stronger powers to curb immigration from the European Union when he meets European Council President Donald Tusk on Sunday, a senior British government source said.
Wanted: a grand bargain to rescue EU from ‘polycrisis’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union needs an ambitious grand bargain at its next summit to rescue itself from an accumulation of crises that threaten to blow apart its model of integration.
Drought tests a changed Ethiopia
FEDETO/ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – On a treeless plain in eastern Ethiopia, thousands of destitute pastoralists have set up camp outside the tiny village of Fedeto. Over the past six months the camp has swelled as one of the worst droughts in dec…
U.S. warship sails near island claimed by China in South China Sea
WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island claimed by China and two other states in the South China Sea on Saturday to counter efforts to limit freedom of navigation, the Pentagon said, prompting …
Stage is set for Syria peace talks as opposition arrives in Geneva
GENEVA/AMMAN (Reuters) – A delegation from Syria’s main opposition group arrived in Geneva on Saturday to join U.N.-mediated peace talks, demanding President Bashar al-Assad’s government be made to comply with a U.N. resolution on humanitarian aid and …
Israel would consider invitation to peace talks with Palestinians: spokesman
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel would consider a French invitation to peace talks with the Palestinians, but believes France has made a mistake by saying it will recognize a Palestinian state if the talks fail, an Israeli government official said on Satur…
