Obama says U.S. commitment to defend Philippines ‘ironclad’
MANILA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday a new military pact between the United States and the Philippines is testimony to America’s “ironclad” commitment to defend the southeast Asian nation.
Britain’s Cameron vows to resign if his EU referendum plan blocked
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would resign if he is unable to deliver an in/out referendum on Britain’s European Union membership by 2017, a threat that will complicate any coalition talks that may follow next year…
‘Left behind’ workers desert EU socialists for populists
PARIS (Reuters) – With his square-jawed good looks, easy smile and way with words, Edouard Martin could have been a Hollywood movie star.
Israeli politicians seek to bypass talks, set own boundaries
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – With Middle East peace talks frozen and expectations of a negotiated deal at an all-time low, a growing number of Israeli politicians believe it is time for the government to set the nation’s own borders unilaterally.
Special Report – Golden Loophole: How an alleged Turkish crime ring helped Iran
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China labor activist held over online “disturbance”
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have placed a labor activist under criminal detention, formally accusing him of causing a disturbance after they said he distributed information online about a factory strike, his manager and father said on Tuesday.
Suicide bomber in car kills two at army camp in Libya’s Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A suicide bomber in a car killed at least two people and wounded two others at an army camp in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday, security and medical sources said.
North Korea starts firing drills near disputed inter-Korean sea border – military
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has started firing drills near a disputed sea border with North Korea, South Korea’s military said on Tuesday, after it notified the South earlier of two areas near populated islands where it would conduct the exercise.
Maliki faces struggle to secure third term as Iraqi PM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A casual wave to fellow diners in a Baghdad restaurant in 2008 sealed Nouri al-Maliki’s reputation as the man who restored a degree of normality to a city that civil war had nearly destroyed.
China’s Xi says Xinjiang is front line on terrorism, hails police
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police are the “fists and daggers” in the fight against terrorism, China’s President Xi Jinping said on a trip to the western Xinjiang region where authorities say members of a Muslim minority are waging a violent separatist campaig…
