Canada scandal deepens as prime minister accused of cover-up
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian legislator at the heart of a spending scandal on Monday accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of being involved in a cover-up deal, deepening a crisis that has engulfed the Conservative government.
Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran, Middle East talks by phone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Monday and discussed recent developments on Iran, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and other regional issues, the White House said on Monday….
Egypt security forces fire teargas at pro-Mursi student protest
CAIRO (Reuters) – Security forces fired teargas to disperse hundreds of students protesting against Egypt’s military-installed government at Cairo’s al-Azhar university on Monday, a week before ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi is due to face tri…
Drone strike kills at least two in Somalia: residents
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. drone strike killed at least two Islamist al Shabaab insurgents driving in a car south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, residents said on Monday.
Brazil to insist on local Internet data storage after U.S. spying
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil, seeking to shield its citizens from alleged U.S. spying, is pushing ahead with its plan to force global Internet companies to store data obtained from Brazilian users inside the country, according to a draft of th…
Syria envoy in Damascus, but prospects for peace talks dim
BEIRUT (Reuters) – International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held talks in Damascus on Monday at the end of a Middle East tour to promote a Syrian peace conference, but regional tensions have cast a pall over his mission.
Czech left leader to start government talks despite party revolt
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The leader of the Czech Republic’s center-left Social Democrats said on Monday he would start talks with centrists on forming a government despite the fact that his own party ejected him from its negotiating team after a poor electio…
Syrian hackers hit Obama-linked Twitter, Facebook accounts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Syrian Electronic Army, a hacker group sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on Monday seized control of an online tool used by an advocacy organization for U.S. President Barack Obama to redirect links sent from h…
Merkel, SPD agree on transaction tax in coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) said they had agreed in coalition talks on Monday to push for a financial transaction tax but needed to consult further on the key issue of a European banking union.
Kerry says he may travel to Egypt in coming weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he may visit Egypt in the coming weeks in what would be his first trip since the army toppled the country’s democratically elected president on July 3.
