Philippines says China carrier in South China Sea raises tension
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines said on Wednesday the imminent arrival of China’s sole aircraft carrier in the disputed South China Sea for the first time for a training mission would raise tension.
Analysis: Enforcing rules in air zone will stretch China’s air force and navy
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military could struggle to cope with the demands for intensified surveillance and interception if it tries to enforce the rules in its new air defense zone over islands at the heart of a territorial dispute with Ja…
U.N. calls for urgent help for Philippine farmers after typhoon
ROME (Reuters) – Philippine farmers need urgent assistance to avoid a “double tragedy” befalling rural survivors of the typhoon that hit the country earlier this month, the United Nations’ food agency said on Wednesday.
Merkel and SPD clinch coalition deal two months after vote
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) clinched a coalition deal early on Wednesday that puts Germany on track to have a new government in place by Christmas.
China says monitored U.S. bombers’ flight through airspace zone
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it had monitored the entire progress of two unarmed U.S. B-52 bombers that flew over disputed islands in the East China Sea on a training mission without informing Beijing.
Insight: After Assad, Syria democrats learn to fear Qaeda
BEIRUT (Reuters) – When he was agitating for revolution, urging fellow Syrians to rise up against President Bashar al-Assad, Abdullah dreaded the midnight knock at the door from the secret police.
Iraq says no success tracing killers of Iranian dissidents
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq is hunting militants, still unidentified, who led a deadly attack on an Iranian dissident camp near Baghdad and dismisses suggestions its own security forces were behind the violence, a senior government official said.
Americans back Iran deal by 2-to-1 margin: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans back a newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran by a 2-to-1 margin and are very wary of the United States resorting to military action against Tehran even if the historic diplomatic effort falls through, a Reuters/Ipsos po…
Australia PM seeks security dialogue with Indonesia after spy row
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday he hoped to establish a “security round table” with Indonesia, seeking to rebuild a strategic relationship with a key Asian neighbor damaged by allegations of spying by Canberra…
Berlusconi faces expulsion from parliament over tax fraud sentence
ROME (Reuters) – Italian center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi faces one of the heaviest blows of his 20-year political career on Wednesday when the Senate votes on stripping him of his seat in parliament over a conviction for tax fraud.
