Japan visit to war shrine likely to anger Asian neighbors
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese cabinet minister paid respects to the nation’s war dead at a controversial shrine seen as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism on Thursday, a move likely to anger China and risk undermining recent tentative diplomatic overtu…
U.N. says chemical weapons investigators to visit Syria imminently
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. experts will travel to Syria imminently to investigate claims of chemical weapons use during that country’s civil war after the United Nations and the Syrian government agreed on details of the trip, U.N. Secretary-Gener…
Top Cuban baseball player missing, reported to have defected
HAVANA (Reuters) – One of Cuba’s top baseball players is reported to have abandoned the Communist-run island to become the latest emigre seeking a multi-million-dollar Major League contract in the United States.
More than 200 dead after Egypt forces crush protest camps
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces crushed the protest camps of thousands of supporters of the deposed Islamist president on Wednesday, shooting almost 200 of them dead in the bloodiest day in decades and polarizing the Arab world’s most populo…
Ecuador recalls ambassador to Egypt after bloodshed in Cairo
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations on Wednesday after Egyptian security forces crushed the protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and shot nearly 200 of them dead.
Japanese cabinet minister Shindo visits shrine to war dead
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese internal affairs minister Yoshitaka Shindo visited a shrine to war dead seen as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism on Thursday, a move likely to anger China and further strain icy ties between Asia’s two largest economies.
Talks resume as Israel frees Palestinians, pursues settlements
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian negotiators reconvened U.S.-brokered peace talks in Jerusalem on Wednesday amid little fanfare and low expectations, dogged by plans for more Jewish settler homes on occupied land.
ElBaradei quits Egypt government, other liberals stay
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interim vice president, Mohamed ElBaradei, resigned on Wednesday after the security forces used force to crush protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, but fellow liberals did not follow sui…
Insight: Japan’s nuclear clean-up: costly, complex and at risk of failing
KAWAUCHI, Japan (Reuters) – The most ambitious radiation clean-up ever attempted has proved costly, complex and time-consuming since the Japanese government began it more than two years in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown. It may also fail.
U.S. weighs calling off military exercise with Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is considering calling off a major military exercise with Egypt following the killing of scores of people in an assault by Egyptian security forces on a protest camp, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
