Harper: Obama assures him Keystone verdict to be based on facts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The logic behind the Keystone XL pipeline is “simply overwhelming,” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday, adding that U.S. President Barack Obama had assured him his decision on the project would be based on fact…
Chinese firm wins Turkey’s missile defense system tender
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Chinese defense firm CPMIEC has won a Turkish tender to co-produce a long-range air and missile defense system, a statement from the Turkish defense minister said on Thursday.
Honduras drug gang asset seizure totals $800 million: official
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Bank accounts and assets seized last week from a gang of suspected Honduran drug traffickers wanted by the U.S. government are worth $800 million, a police official said on Thursday.
BP faces pressure over Algeria gas plant attack
LONDON (Reuters) – Some foreign workers at an Algerian desert gas plant feared for their safety well before Islamist militants killed dozens at the site, and relatives and survivors want joint operator BP to investigate its own security record.
Thirteen mothers, children drown in Lake Tanganyika after hospital trip
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – At least 13 people, 11 of them children, drowned when a boat carrying them back from a trip to a Tanzanian hospital for vaccinations capsized on Lake Tanganyika, police said on Thursday.
Iran hits at ‘unfair’ U.N. nuclear agency ahead of talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has sharply criticized the U.N. nuclear watchdog over “baseless allegations” about its atomic activity, a document showed before talks between the two sides on Friday to discuss a stalled inquiry into suspected bomb research by …
Interpol issues alert for UK ‘White Widow’ sought in Kenya
PARIS (Reuters) – Interpol issued a wanted persons alert at Kenya’s request on Thursday for Samantha Lewthwaite, a British citizen dubbed the “White Widow”, without mentioning any suspected role in the Nairobi mall attack.
Maldives to hold run-off vote despite court delay: official
MALE (Reuters) – The Maldives will go ahead with a presidential election run-off on September 28, election commissioner Fuwad Thowfeek said on Thursday, despite a decision by the Supreme Court to postpone the second round following a complaint of vote …
EU raises security level for Somalia team after Kenya attack
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has increased security precautions for its military advisers in Somalia after the deadly attack by Somali Islamists on a Kenyan shopping mall, it said on Thursday.
Italy’s divided coalition to seek to plug budget hole on Friday
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s fractious coalition government will try to work out on Friday how to avert a planned rise in sales tax while reining in a budget deficit which is overshooting European Union limits.
