China’s top paper says no place for a ‘new cold war’ with U.S.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China and the United States must avoid a “new cold war” in their international relations, China’s top newspaper said on Saturday, in the wake of high level talks in Beijing between senior leaders of the world’s two largest economie…
Tribesmen bomb Yemen’s oil pipeline, halt crude flows: officials
SANAA (Reuters) – Tribesmen bombed Yemen’s main oil export pipeline on Saturday, halting crude flows, local officials said, disrupting an important source of revenue for the impoverished state.
German suspect was in contact with State Dept not U.S. spies: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A German defense official under investigation for alleged spying was in contact with a U.S. State Department officer rather than American intelligence agencies, raising questions about whether any espionage occurred, U.S. officia…
Brazil’s leader sees no political fallout from World Cup defeat
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s humiliating defeat in the World Cup will have no impact on the elections in October, President Dilma Rousseff predicted on Friday as she prepares to hit the campaign trail to seek a second term.
Germany says expulsion of U.S. spy chief was inevitable
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s decision to ask the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country was an inevitable response to fresh allegations of U.S. spying on Berlin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday.
U.N. Security Council to vote Monday on Syria aid access resolution
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council will vote Monday on a resolution to allow aid access at four border crossings into rebel-held areas of Syria without government consent, said Western diplomats, who were hopeful Russia and China will…
Ukraine says rebels will pay as missiles kill 23 soldiers
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed to “find and destroy” pro-Russian rebels who killed 23 servicemen and wounded nearly 100 in a missile attack on Friday.
Gaza toll passes 100; Israel to counter rockets ‘with all power’
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An airstrike outside a family home early Saturday pushed the Palestinian death toll past 100 in four days of cross-border fighting as Israel showed no sign of pausing despite international pressure to negotiate a ceasefire wi…
Germany says expulsion of U.S. spy chief was inevitable
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s decision to ask the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country was an inevitable response to fresh allegations of U.S. spying on Berlin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday.
Magnitude 6.8 quake, small tsunami hit east Japan, no damage
TOKYO (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit off eastern Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, with minor tsunami of up to 20 cm but no reports of damage along the northeast coast that was ravaged by the catastrophic Marc…
