Greek PM says time for action from lenders, IMF payment scrapes by
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday called on lenders to break an impasse in cash-for-reform talks after Athens had to resort to a temporary expedient to make a crucial payment to the IMF.
U.S. vows to ‘work tirelessly’ to find missing journalist Tice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States vowed on Tuesday to “work tirelessly” to bring home missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012, and appealed to his captors to free him.
Police fire towards protesters during clashes in Burundi’s capital
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Police fired guns and teargas towards protesters throwing stones in a suburb of Burundi’s capital on Tuesday during a demonstration against the president’s bid for a third term, Reuters witnesses said.
Britain could hold EU vote earlier than end of 2017
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron will hold an early referendum on membership of the European Union if he can first reach a deal that satisfies his demands for major changes in Britain’s relationship with the bloc, his spokesman said on T…
Focus on Islamic State and Libya as NATO foreign ministers meet
ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) – Preoccupied for more than a year by the Ukraine crisis, NATO foreign ministers meeting in Turkey this week will focus on instability on the alliance’s southern flank, ranging from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to turmoil in Libya.
Asia’s drifting boatpeople a looming humanitarian crisis: U.N.
LHOKSUKON, Indonesia/LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) – Several thousand migrants, many of them hungry and sick, are adrift in boats in Southeast Asian seas and governments of the region must rescue them quickly to avert a “massive humanitarian crisis”, th…
Cuba’s Castro concerned over ‘illegal’ activity at U.S. mission
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro said on Tuesday he was concerned about “illegal” training for dissidents at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana, an issue he raised with U.S. President Barack Obama in talks on restoring diplomatic ties….
Scores of Russian soldiers killed in east Ukraine: opposition report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least 220 Russian soldiers have been killed in east Ukraine, opposition activists said on Tuesday in a report offering what they called “ample evidence” to rebut President Vladimir Putin’s denial his troops are fighting there.
Germany gives huge amount of phone, text data to U.S.: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s BND intelligence agency sends mammoth amounts of phone and text data to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) each month, Die Zeit Online reported, highlighting the scale of spying cooperation which has unleashed a politi…
French police investigate fires near three nuclear sites
PARIS (Reuters) – French police are investigating fires that caused minor damage near three nuclear installations, state-owned utility EDF and atomic research agency CEA said on Tuesday.
