German foreign ministry says U.S. top spy has left the country
BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The CIA station chief in Berlin who was told to leave by Germany due to new allegations of U.S. spying has now left the country, a spokesman for Germany’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Putin denies Russia to reopen Soviet-era spy post in Cuba
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied reports that Russia plans to reopen a Soviet-era base in Cuba from which it once spied on the United States.
Militants kill 14 Tunisian soldiers in mountain ambush
TUNIS (Reuters) – At least 14 Tunisian soldiers were killed when dozens of gunmen with rocket-propelled grenades attacked two checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains, one of the deadliest militant strikes on the north African country’s armed forces…
China, Brazil close plane, finance, infrastructure deals
BRASILIA (Reuters) – China and Brazil sealed their expanding commercial partnership on Thursday with a $5 billion credit line for Brazilian miner Vale and the purchase of 60 passenger jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer.
West considers early sanctions moves in troubled Iran nuclear talks
BRUSSELS/VIENNA (Reuters) – With talks between world powers and Iran over a broad nuclear accord at an impasse, Western governments are considering offering a significant easing of sanctions early on in the process to try to wring concessions from Tehr…
Woman in Mexican children’s home probe a divisive figure
ZAMORA Mexico (Reuters) – To her supporters, Rosa Verduzco dedicated her life to raising and helping thousands of children abandoned by their own parents.
Bulgaria’s fence to stop migrants on Turkey border nears completion
GOLIAM DERVENT Bulgaria (Reuters) – Bulgaria has largely completed the construction of a 33-km (21-mile) barbed wire fence at the border with its southeastern neighbor Turkey as it tries to cope with asylum seekers, its defense minister said on Thursda…
Ukraine says Malaysian airliner shot down, 295 dead: agency
KIEV (Reuters) – A Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine by militants on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, a Ukrainian interior ministry official was quoted as saying by Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
Talks to end South African wage strike resume at weekend: SEIFSA
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Wage talks with South Africa’s metalworkers union will resume at the weekend, an employer body said on Thursday, denying a report of a government-brokered deal to end a strike that is further sapping an ailing economy.
UK’s Cameron, EU’s Juncker ‘high five’ and make up
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – David Cameron shared a “high five” greeting with Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday when the two men held their first private talks since the British leader’s failed attempt to block the Luxembourger from becoming European Commission …
