Accident traps at least 25 miners in Nicaragua, government-backed site says
MANAGUA (Reuters) – At least 25 miners were trapped in a gold mine in Nicaragua’s far north on Thursday after a collapse, a government-backed news website and other media reported, adding that rescue efforts would continue through the night.
With eye on China, Japan defense planners seek spending boost
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s defense planners are seeking their biggest budget ever for the coming fiscal year to pay for stealth fighters, drones and a hi-tech submarine, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bolsters the military amid an intensifying rivalry wit…
Israel police find body of missing U.S. student
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police said on Thursday they had found the body of a 23-year-old American student who went missing last week near a forest in Jerusalem and that they did not suspect a criminal motive.
U.S., China plan followup to Sunnylands summit in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, at odds over China’s increasing assertiveness in Asia and issues such as cyberspying, plan a followup to their informal summit in California last year after November’s…
Mali rebel factions agree to end hostilities ahead of Sept talks
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Representatives of two platforms of rebel groups from northern Mali agreed on Thursday in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou to end hostilities and present a united front for talks with the Malian government in Algeria in early S…
Turkey’s Erdogan sworn in as president, consolidates power
ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as Turkey’s president on Thursday, cementing his position as its most powerful leader of recent times, in a step opponents fear heralds more authoritarian rule and widening religious influence in public li…
Video shows Islamic State executes scores of Syrian soldiers
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters executed scores of Syrian soldiers captures when the militants seized an airbase in the province of Raqqa at the weekend, according to a video posted on You Tube on Thursday.
Ukraine president accuses Russian soldiers of backing rebel thrust
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president said on Thursday that Russian troops had entered his country in support of pro-Moscow rebels who captured a key coastal town, sharply escalating a separatist war and prompting anger and alarm among Kiev’s Western al…
Exclusive: U.S. may use secrets act to stop suit against Iran sanctions group
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government is considering using a powerful national security law to halt a private lawsuit against a non-profit group, United Against A Nuclear Iran, according to a source familiar with the case.
Spliced Lula video annoys ruling party in Brazil election
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s ruling party has asked Google Inc to pull a spliced campaign video from YouTube that gives viewers the impression its leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is backing opposition presidential candidate Marina Silva.
