China urges U.N. role on Syria after U.S. says gives up
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry urged a role for the U.N. Security Council in resolving the crisis in Syria on Friday after the United States said it had given up trying to work with the council on Syria, accusing Russia of holding it host…
India’s big business want Modi to be next PM
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – – Nearly three-quarters of Indian business leaders believe the government has mismanaged the economy and want opposition leader Narendra Modi to lead the country after an election due by May next year, according to an opinion poll…
‘Escape from Taliban’ author shot dead in Afghanistan
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An Indian author whose story was told in the movie “Escape from Taliban” was shot dead after returning to Afghanistan to make a documentary about women, police said on Friday.
Some South African gold miners end strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Some South African gold miners have ended their strike and are heading back to work after just three days of industrial action in pursuit higher wages, a union and major gold producer both said on Friday.
U.S. intercepts Iranian order for attack on U.S. interests in Iraq: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has intercepted an order from an Iranian official instructing militants in Iraq to attack U.S. interests in Baghdad in the event the Obama administration launches a military strike in Syria, the Wall Street Jour…
Maldives’ Nasheed confident of return to power after instability
MALE (Reuters) – Voters in the Maldives go to the polls on Saturday to elect a president after nearly 20 months of intermittent protests and sporadic violence triggered when the previous government was ousted.
Millionaire entrepreneur and Internet plan key in Australian election
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A popular millionaire technology entrepreneur behind the Australian opposition’s flagship revised plan for a national high-speed internet service is a not-so-secret weapon in Saturday’s federal election.
Obama and Rousseff meet in Russia after disclosure of alleged U.S. spying
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met with U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday and the two discussed disclosures that the United States had spied on her private communications, as world leaders gathered for the G20 summit of m…
Brother of Mexico drug cartel chiefs gets 20 years for U.S. money laundering
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The brother of two kingpins of Mexico’s infamous Zetas drug cartel was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in U.S. federal prison for his role in laundering money for the gang through the buying, training and racing of American qu…
Australia’s opposition blunders on internet policy on election eve
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s conservative opposition was forced to make a quick about-turn on its internet policy to rule out more censorship on Friday, in a rare policy bungle on the eve of a general election it is poised to win.
