Orange CEO tells Netanyahu firm will deepen Israel ties
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The chief executive of French telecoms group Orange told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday he profoundly regretted remarks he made last week which he said were misinterpreted to make it sound as if he supported a boycott…
Poland says next NATO summit should invite Macedonia, Montenegro to join
WARSAW (Reuters) – The former Yugoslav republics of Macedonia and Montenegro should be invited to join NATO when it holds its next summit in Warsaw in 2016, Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said on Friday.
China’s lone aircraft carrier conducts drills as sea disputes fester
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s sole aircraft carrier conducted exercises on Friday, the navy said without specifying its location, amid escalating disputes over maritime territory with some of China’s Asian neighbors.
Romania’s government survives no-confidence vote: MPs
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Prime Minister Victor Ponta’s leftist government survived a no-confidence motion in Romania’s parliament as expected on Friday, two ruling party deputies said, its first big political test since losing a November presidential elec…
Spanish leftist mayor ends 24 years of PP rule in Madrid
MADRID(Reuters) – A left-wing former judge, backed by anti-austerity party Podemos, was named mayor of Spain’s capital on Friday, ending 24 years of center-right Popular Party (PP) rule in Madrid and delivering a setback to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy…
Merkel stresses Germany wants good relations with Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Berlin was keen to have good relations with Moscow and was striving for a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine.
Pentagon again asks China to end island building, seeks more military contact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter met a top Chinese general on Thursday and repeated a U.S. call for a halt to land reclamation in the South China Sea, while stressing that the Pentagon remained committed to expanding military co…
Brief raid by India in far-off Myanmar has Pakistan fuming
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Indian army’s brief foray this week into Myanmar to hunt militants set alarm bells ringing in far-away Pakistan, Delhi’s arch-rival whom it blames for stoking a rebellion in the disputed region of Kashmir.
Malaysia Airlines makes emergency landing in Melbourne
SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A Malaysia Airlines flight returned safely to Melbourne airport on Friday, having turned back within minutes of take-off after an engine fire alert went off, airport and airline officials said.
Thai students detained in Pakistan have no Islamic State links: government
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Five Thai students detained in Pakistan for trying to board a plane with a pistol and ammunition have no links to the Islamic State militant group or any criminal organization, a Thai government spokesman said on Friday.
