Mexico energy reform due this week, debate over contracts
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Tuesday that his government will present its energy reform proposal this week, an overhaul aimed at luring more private capital to the oil, gas and electricity sectors to boost flaggi…
Japan PM to call for stronger response to Fukushima water crisis: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to call on Wednesday for a stronger response to try to stop highly radioactive water leaking into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the Nikkei newspaper reported.
Sudan ejects U.N. refugee agency staff from North Darfur
GENEVA (Reuters) – Sudan has ejected 20 United Nations staff working to help hundreds of thousands of people who have been uprooted by war in Darfur region, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
Son of former Saudi crown prince named deputy defense minister
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi King Abdullah appointed Prince Salman bin Sultan as deputy defense minister late on Tuesday in a move that strengthens his credentials for future high office in the world’s top oil exporter.
Most Israelis object to withdrawing to pre-1967 borders: poll
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Most Israelis would oppose any peace deal with the Palestinians that involved withdrawing to pre-1967 ceasefire lines, even if land swaps were agreed to accommodate Jewish settlements, a poll showed on Tuesday.
No ties? No problem as China courts Taiwan’s remaining allies
BEIJING/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Taiwan’s last remaining diplomatic allies are developing increasingly tight economic ties with China, in a trend that could increase Taiwan’s diplomatic isolation if the current detente between Beijing and Taipei fails.
Bombs target Iraqi shoppers, killing more than 50
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A series of car bombs targeting busy markets and shopping streets in and around Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded more than 100 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical and police sources said, part of a surge in violence in recent mon…
Tribesmen shoot down Yemeni army helicopter, nine dead
SANAA (Reuters) – At least nine Yemeni military personnel were killed on Tuesday when tribesmen shot down an army helicopter in central Yemen where gunmen had repeatedly blown up oil pipelines, a military source said.
U.S. flies some diplomats out of Yemen, tells citizens to leave
SANAA (Reuters) – The Air Force flew some U.S. diplomatic personnel out of Yemen on Tuesday and Washington told nationals to leave the country immediately after warnings of potential attacks that pushed the United States to shut missions across the Mid…
U.S. military judge trims potential sentence in WikiLeaks case
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) – The military judge who last week convicted soldier Bradley Manning of committing the biggest breach of classified data in U.S. history through WikiLeaks on Tuesday trimmed the maximum prison sentence the private first c…
