Ireland set to resist pressure from lenders and ease austerity
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland looks set to resist pressure from its international lenders and ease off on the pace of austerity after its finance minister said on Tuesday there was some flexibility on the severity of tax hikes and cuts due in next month’s…
Britain’s Labour leader woos voters before 2015 poll
BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Britain’s Labour leader Ed Miliband will stake his claim to replace Prime Minister David Cameron at the 2015 election on Tuesday with an attack on government cuts that he blames for the longest fall in living standards in …
Somali group denies American, British attackers in Kenya
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab on Tuesday dismissed comments by a Kenyan minister that Americans and a Briton were among the militants who attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi, and also said it had been in touch with the…
U.N. envoy for Somalia calls for stepping up fight against al Shabaab
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy for Somalia called on Tuesday for additional African troops to counter al Shabaab, which he said numbered some 5,000 people and posed an international threat.
Russia says talks with U.S. on Syria rocky, fears use of force
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Talks between Russia and the United States on the conflict in Syria are not going very smoothly and Moscow is concerned a chemical weapons deal may have only delayed U.S. military action, a senior Russian diplomat said on Tuesday.
South Africa’s AMCU to strike at Amplats over job cuts
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Members of South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) at Anglo American Platinum will hold a strike to protest job cuts, AMCU President Joseph Mathunjwa said on Tuesday.
Russia says hopes for U.N. agreement on Syria resolution this week
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes the U.N. Security Council will reach agreement this week on a resolution supporting a deal for Syria to abandon its chemical weapons, but there is no guarantee, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
Israel bleak about U.S.-Iran rapprochement at U.N. summit
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel voiced concern on Tuesday over a potential meeting of the U.S. and Iranian presidents, saying Tehran’s conciliatory overtures to world powers masked an acceleration of its disputed nuclear program.
New U.S. envoy to Hong Kong vows to push for democracy
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The new U.S. envoy to Hong Kong insisted on Tuesday that Washington would not be silenced by China in calling for democracy in the global financial hub, vowing to continue speaking out for core rights and freedoms.
Russia says chemical inspectors to return to Syria on Wednesday
MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.N. chemical weapons investigators are expected to return to Syria on Wednesday to continue investigating allegations of chemical weapons use there, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
