Italy PM Letta wins confidence vote as Berlusconi moves to opposition
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote on the 2014 budget, reinforcing his coalition government a day before the Senate is expected to ban center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi from parliament over a tax fraud convic…
New clashes between army, Islamists in Libya’s Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – New clashes between the Libyan army and Islamists erupted in the eastern city of Benghazi early on Wednesday, wounding several people, security sources and residents said.
Caribbean leaders consider sanctions on Dominican immigration ruling
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Caribbean heads of state meeting in Trinidad and Tobago agreed on Tuesday to defer an application from the Dominican Republic for membership in CARICOM, the region’s largest cooperation group, until Santo Domingo addresses a h…
Defying China, U.S. bombers fly into East China Sea zone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two unarmed U.S. B-52 bombers on a training mission flew over disputed islands in the East China Sea without informing Beijing, defying China’s declaration of a new airspace defense zone and raising the stakes in a territorial st…
Caribbean leaders consider sanctions on Dominican immigration ruling
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) – Caribbean heads of state meeting in Trinidad and Tobago agreed on Tuesday to defer an application from the Dominican Republic for membership in CARICOM, the region’s largest cooperation group, until Santo Domingo addresses a h…
Israel says kills three Qaeda-linked militants in West Bank
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli security officials said their forces killed three Palestinian militants on Tuesday who were part of an al Qaeda-linked network in the West Bank.
Britain protests to Spain over Gibraltar diplomatic bag incident
LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) – Britain accused Madrid on Tuesday of a “serious infringement” of international protocol, saying Spanish police had opened a British diplomatic bag on the border with its contested territory of Gibraltar.
Ukraine leader to go to EU summit, but not ready to sign pact
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said on Tuesday he would attend an EU summit this week, but, criticizing the bloc for a ‘humiliating’ financial aid offer, declared he would sign a free trade pact only when it suited Ukraine’s int…
Israel, EU reach research deal, finessing settlement issue
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel struck a compromise deal with the European Union on Tuesday allowing it to join a prestigious EU scientific research project, Israeli government sources said, resolving a dispute over Jewish settlements in occupied territor…
Exclusive: U.N. says Syria combatants stymie aid effort
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations says its aid convoys cannot reach around 250,000 people in areas besieged by Syrian government forces or rebels, despite “growing needs and intensifying conflict”.
