Aquino rejects call to annul U.S.-Philippines forces agreement over murder case
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino rejected on Monday calls to tear up the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States after an American serviceman was charged with the murder of a transgender Filipino outside a former U.S Navy…
Saudi Arabia steps up beheadings; some see political message
RIYADH (Reuters) – Immediately after his sword falls, the Saudi Arabian executioner steps backwards to avoid soiling his clothes with the blood of the condemned man, whose headless body can be seen slumping over backwards in the shaky online film.
Hope and obstacles as Russia and Ukraine seek gas deal
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – A tentative agreement between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents has raised hopes of ending a dispute in which Moscow has halted natural gas supplies to Kiev, but several obstacles still have be overcome.
Reform-minded outsider Widodo takes over as Indonesia’s president
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Joko Widodo took over as president of the world’s third-largest democracy on Monday with supporters’ hopes high, but pressing economic problems and sceptical rivals set to test the former furniture salesman.
Lufthansa says strike results in 1,511 canceled flights
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Lufthansa has canceled 1,511 flights as a result of a strike being held by pilots that runs until midnight on Tuesday, a spokesman for the airline said on Monday.
Ukraine, Russia gas deal may be just enough to get through winter
LONDON (Reuters) – An interim natural gas deal by Moscow and Kiev, reached over the weekend, could supply just enough to get Ukraine through the winter as long as the weather does not become unusually cold, Reuters research shows.
EU’s Barroso warns Britain against ‘historic mistake’ on immigration
LONDON (Reuters) – European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday he risked upsetting allies and losing international clout if he pursued an anti-immigration agenda designed to placate domestic vot…
U.N. nuclear chief suggests progress slow in Iran investigation
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has still not implemented all the nuclear transparency measures it had agreed to carry out by late August, the head of the U.N. atomic energy agency said on Monday, suggesting little headway in an inquiry into suspected bomb res…
Fire closes UK power generation unit, squeezing electricity supply
LONDON (Reuters) – A fire at a British power station close to London has closed a power generation unit, which could exacerbate Britain’s already constrained electricity supply as winter approaches and demand rises.
After clashes, Hong Kong students, government stand their ground before talks
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong students and the government stood their ground on Monday ahead of talks aimed at defusing more than three weeks of pro-democracy protests that have blocked traffic around the Chinese-controlled city, but expectations of …
