China complains to Ghana after detentions in mining crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday the government had complained to Ghana’s president after 124 Chinese citizens were detained in a crackdown on illegal gold mining.
Two Tunisian soldiers killed in hunt for Islamists near Algeria
TUNIS (Reuters) – Two Tunisian soldiers were killed and four wounded in a landmine explosion near the Algerian border where security forces are pursuing Islamist insurgents, an army spokesman said on Thursday.
Insight: Russia’s Syria diplomacy, a game of smoke and mirrors
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Sitting at a long table in Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Syrian opposition leaders outlined a plan to protect Moscow’s interests if the Kremlin agreed to the removal of its longstanding ally, President Bashar al-Assad.
France will reform social model as it sees fit: PM
VIENNA (Reuters) – France is committed to reforming its economy and bringing down its budget deficit but will do so as it – not the European Commission – sees fit, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said.
Insight: Steeped in tradition, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox face reform drive
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A small rock lies on the desk of Dov Lipman. It was hurled at the member of parliament by a fellow ultra-Orthodox Jew and is a constant reminder of the deep divisions within Israel that Lipman says must be overcome.
Three arrested for rape of U.S. woman in India
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) – Police arrested three men on Thursday accused of raping a 30-year-old American woman in a hill resort in northern India, in a case that has thrown fresh scrutiny on the high rate of sex crimes against women in the country….
Lawmakers in new drive to slash Iran’s oil sales to a trickle
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are embarking this summer on a campaign to deal a deeper blow to Iran’s diminishing oil exports, and while they are still working out the details, analysts say the ultimate goal could be a near total cut-o…
U.S. renews Iran sanctions waivers for China, India, others
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday renewed six-month waivers on Iran sanctions for China, India and seven other economies in exchange for their agreeing to reduce purchases of oil from Iran.
Cuban agent who renounced U.S. citizenship now just a ‘Cuban patriot’
HAVANA (Reuters) – A Cuban agent who served 13 years behind bars in the United States for his role in an espionage ring showed off a certificate renouncing his U.S. citizenship on Friday and said he was now just a “Cuban patriot.”
Venezuela deports U.S. filmmaker accused of being spy
MIAMI/CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela on Wednesday deported an American filmmaker who was arrested in April on accusations of spying for Washington and plotting with opposition student groups to destabilize the South American OPEC nation.
