Iran stresses end-June deadline as nuclear talks press on
VIENNA (Reuters) – Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator said on Tuesday he hoped diplomacy resuming this week will yield results before a self-imposed deadline for a final deal to curtail Iran’s atomic program expires at the end of June.
Thai coup leader unfazed by ousted PM Thaksin’s planned public appearance
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s fugitive former prime-minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, will make a rare public appearance at a leadership conference in South Korea this month, when “not everyone will believe what he says”, according to coup leader Prayuth …
Israeli general sees common interests with Hamas
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and Hamas share common interests, and the Palestinian Islamists must stay in power in the Gaza Strip to prevent the enclave descending into chaos, an Israeli general was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Saudi Foreign Minister says U.S.-Gulf summit to focus on ‘aggressive’ Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said a summit between Arab Gulf leaders and United States President Barack Obama later this week will focus on Iran’s “aggressive” moves in the region, Saudi state news agency SPA reported.
Germany turns on its top gunmaker
OBERNDORF, Germany (Reuters) – In the lush forests of southern Germany sits a fenced-in compound of drab white buildings that house a company under siege.
Many would-be migrants to EU die unrecorded, study finds
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Almost all the migrants who died seeking a better life in Europe over the past quarter century vanished without trace, according to research released by a Dutch university on Tuesday.
Optics as well as substance important as India’s Modi visits China
BEIJING (Reuters) – When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the ancient city of Xian on Thursday at the start of a visit to China, he will be met by Chinese President Xi Jinping, in an unusual departure from normal protocol.
Western allies warn on control of Libya’s national resources
ROME (Reuters) – The United States and five European countries warned on Tuesday that Libyan state institutions which control billions of euros of national assets risked being exploited by rival forces wrestling for control of the country.
Britain refuses to participate in EU migrant resettlement plan
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it would not participate in any European Union plan to resettle refugees using country quotas, saying it preferred to focus its efforts on tackling people traffickers instead.
China slams ‘futile’ Philippine occupation of disputed island
BEIJING (Reuters) – China rebuked the Philippines on Tuesday for taking journalists to a disputed island in the South China Sea, dismissing its occupation as “futile and illegal” in the latest war of words between the two sides.
