Insight: Weak at home, France seeks grandeur abroad
PARIS (Reuters) – The hero of France’s top movie comedy of the moment is a French foreign minister who complains about American isolationism and says the Germans must be humored – but above all kept off the U.N. Security Council.
U.N. nuclear agency begins review of Japan’s Fukushima plant
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear experts arrived in Japan on Monday to assess the decommissioning of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant and the operator’s progress in removing fuel rods from a destroyed reactor building and minimizing leaks of contamina…
Asian airlines to give flight plans to China after airspace zone created
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian aviation officials said airlines would have to inform China of flight plans before entering airspace over waters disputed with Japan, forcing carriers to acknowledge China’s authority over a newly declared “Air Defense I…
Bomb partially explodes in Belfast, nobody wounded
BELFAST (Reuters) – A bomb partially exploded near one of Belfast’s main shopping malls late on Sunday following a car hijacking, police said. There were no injuries.
Merkel tried to bounce Spain into IMF bailout: ex-PM
PARIS (Reuters) – On a rainy day in November 2011 in the hulking concrete Palace of Festivals in Cannes, where film stars strut on the red-carpeted staircase in warmer months, Angela Merkel ambushed Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
Indonesia suspends cooperation with Australia on people-smuggling
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s police confirmed they had suspended cooperation with their Australian counterparts after a diplomatic rift between the neighbors, raising the possibility of a surge in asylum seekers heading to Australia from Indonesian …
Jeddah U.S. consulate attacker sentenced to death, others jailed
RIYADH (Reuters) – A Saudi court has sentenced one man to death and another 19 to jail terms ranging from 18 months to 25 years for taking part in storming the U.S. consulate in Jeddah in 2004, killing nine, one of a series of al Qaeda attacks last dec…
Honduras ruling party leads presidential vote, claims win
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The conservative ruling party candidate claimed victory in Honduras’ presidential election on Sunday as a partial vote count put him ahead, but his leftist rival also said she was the winner, setting the stage for possible confl…
China security boss urges judicial independence, transparency
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s domestic security chief on Monday called for a more independent judiciary and greater transparency in trials through the use of audio and video recordings as well as steps to curb interference by government officials.
One Egyptian security officer injured in a bomb attack in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian security officer was injured on Monday when a group of anonymous militants threw a bomb at a checkpoint near the presidential palace in Cairo, MENA state news agency reported.
