EU, Iran to prepare nuclear diplomacy during U.N. meeting
VILNIUS (Reuters) – The European Union and Iran will discuss a resumption of nuclear negotiations during a United Nations gathering this month, possibly setting a date for a new round of talks aimed ultimately at preventing a new Middle East war.
Turkey says almost all G20 leaders support operation against Syria
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday almost all leaders at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg accepted the need for an operation to be carried out against Syria following a chemical weapons attack there last mon…
Taliban-linked militant killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A senior militant commander linked to the kidnap of a U.S. soldier was killed on Friday in a suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s ethnic Pashtun tribal region on the Afghan border, security and militant sources said….
Brazil’s Rousseff: Obama took responsibility for NSA spying
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, angered by a recent report that the U.S. government spied on her communications, said on Friday that President Barack Obama had taken responsibility for what happened and that she may proce…
China’s Xi tells Obama Syria crisis can’t be resolved with military strike
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on Friday that the crisis in Syria should not be resolved through a military strike and urged him to consider a political solution, state news agency Xinhua said.
Italy president right to trust Berlusconi: center-right official
ROME (Reuters) – A senior ally of Silvio Berlusconi on Friday played down the risk of an imminent government crisis, a day after President Giorgio Napolitano said he expected the bickering Italian coalition partners to maintain support for Prime Minist…
Christians in delicate position after rebels briefly capture Syrian town
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebel fighters withdrew on Thursday after briefly capturing a historic Christian town in the center of the country as part of a campaign to take control of strategic mountains near Damascus, opposition sources said.
Some South African gold miners end strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Some South African gold miners have ended their strike for higher wages and were heading back to work after just three days, bolstering confidence the strike could be formally called off on Friday.
Thai government reaches possible breakthrough in rubber crisis
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s government said on Friday it had reached a deal with most rubber farmers in the country’s south demanding greater state support for rubber prices, signaling a breakthrough in a two-week long protest.
Syria offers bounty for foreign ‘terrorists’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – For the first time in Syria’s 2-1/2 year conflict, the government is offering a bounty to anyone who captures a foreign “terrorist” – the word authorities use for rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
