An EU agenda: keeping British in, Russians out, Germans down
ROME (Reuters) – The first secretary-general of NATO, Lord Ismay, once said the Western defense alliance was created “to keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down”.
Mexico police detain alleged serial child killer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican police have detained a man who allegedly murdered four children and a woman in a small town in the center of the country, authorites said on Saturday, as statistics show a marked increased in the number of women being mu…
Behind Prabowo’s campaign to become Indonesia’s president, a questionable crew
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Jabbing his finger repeatedly in the air, presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto shouted to supporters in a packed Jakarta stadium that the corrupt had no place in Indonesia.
Pakistan fighting reverses flow of refugees, stirs unease in Afghanistan
KHOST Afghanistan (Reuters) – Thousands of refugees fleeing an offensive by Pakistan’s army have poured across the lawless border into ramshackle camps on rugged hills in Afghanistan, stirring unease that Taliban militants may be hiding among them.
German spy warns firms ‘easy prey’ to espionage as Merkel visits China
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German intelligence chief warned, as Chancellor Angela Merkel embarks on her latest visit to China, that some firms in Europe’s biggest economy face a growing threat from industrial espionage by Chinese government agencies with hug…
India’s Modi to target record asset sales in first budget -source
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s new government will seek to raise up to a record $11.7 billion in asset sales in its maiden budget this week, a senior government source said, bolstering state finances and buying time for structural reforms to revive a we…
Violent protests spread to Israel after burial of Palestinian teen
RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) – Violent protests sparked by the abduction and killing of a Palestinian teenager spread to Arab villages in Israel on Saturday, presenting a new challenge to the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Economy stalled, Cuba resists speedier path to free enterprise
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro told parliament on Saturday the communist country’s market-oriented reforms must remain gradual, a clear signal he would resist calls to accelerate change in order to address an underperforming economy.
Kenya police probe gunfire incident in coastal area
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan police started an investigation after gunfire erupted in the coastal county of Lamu, where 65 people were killed in two attacks last month, officials and the Red Cross said on Sunday.
Two militants blow themselves up in southern Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) – Two suspected al Qaeda militants blew themselves up on Saturday after being trapped inside a government building in southern Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry said, following an attack on a border post with Yemen that also killed fo…
