London mayor says UK spies monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s security services are monitoring thousands of terrorism suspects in London and are involved in operations on a daily basis, the capital’s mayor Boris Johnson said in an interview published on Saturday.
New Belgian government takes office with cost-cutting agenda
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s new center-right government took office on Saturday, promising to raise the retirement age and slash costs by about 8 billion euros ($10 billion) to balance the national budget by 2018 and cut the country’s debt.
China sentences two cult members to death for McDonald’s murder
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Saturday sentenced two members of a banned religious cult – a father and daughter – to death for the murder in a McDonald’s restaurant of a woman who refused an apparent attempt by the group to recruit her, state media said…
Could an Allende lead Chile again? Ex-president’s daughter in prime position
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Isabel Allende, the daughter of deposed Chilean president Salvador Allende, is “heading towards” running for leadership of the country’s socialist party, she said, a role that would put her in prime position for an eventual shot at…
Suicide bomber attacks Afghan provincial police HQ, killing one
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attacker wearing a police uniform attacked a provincial police headquarters in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing one officer and wounding four other people, an official said.
Quake strikes 110 miles off east coast of Japan: USGS
TOKY0 (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 6.2 struck off the east coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Saturday.
Gaza aid conference may fall short of $4 billion sought by Palestinians: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior U.S. officials voiced doubts on Friday that an international donors conference to be held in Cairo this weekend will meet the Palestinians’ full request for $4 billion in aid pledges to rebuild the Gaza Strip after it was …
North Korea leader Kim is still in charge, has leg injury: source
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in firm control of his government but hurt his leg taking part in a military drill, a source with access to the secretive North’s leadership said, playing down speculation over the 31-year-ol…
At least nine dead, 30 missing in Guinea boat accident
CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least nine people are dead and another 30 are missing following a boat accident on a river in Guinea, local residents and police said.
Greek PM wins confidence vote, snap election fears remain
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras comfortably won a confidence vote aimed at rallying support for his plan to abandon a widely-reviled EU/IMF aid package and ending speculation that his government is on its last legs.
