France to wait for U.N. inspectors’ report on Syria: Hollande
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande said on Friday France would await the conclusions of U.N. inspectors investigating last month’s chemical weapon attack in Syria before deciding on any action.
Last Hitler bunker witness Misch dies at 96
BERLIN (Reuters) – Rochus Misch, the last surviving witness of Adolf Hitler’s final days in the Berlin bunker who always referred to the Nazi dictator as “the Boss”, has died in his home at the age of 96, his book agent said on Friday.
Britain’s Cameron embroiled in ‘small island’ row with Russia
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron took the unusual step of listing what he said were Britain’s historical achievements and current strengths in a prickly response to a disputed Kremlin slur that his country was a “small island” that nobod…
U.N. finds burned, abandoned villages in Central African Republic
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. mission to the Central African Republic found evidence of widespread human rights violations and huge numbers of people having been driven from their homes in the north of the country.
Obama declines to say if will strike Syria if U.S. Congress votes ‘no’
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday declined to speculate whether he would go ahead with a military strike in Syria if Congress votes against authorizing it, saying he would try to convince Americans and lawmakers of the need to…
Putin signals will continue current support for Syria
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin made clear on Friday that Russia did not want to be sucked into a war over Syria, signaling that Moscow would maintain current levels of support to Damascus in the case of foreign military inte…
France’s Hollande welcomes growth focus of G20 summit
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande welcomed a joint call by G20 leaders at a summit on Friday to increase the momentum of the global recovery.
Russia sends more naval ships to Syrian coast
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is sending more naval vessels to the coast of Syria, state news agencies reported on Friday, in a move Moscow says will help prevent a threatened U.S. attack on its ally President Bashar al-Assad.
Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police fired stun grenades to disperse Palestinian worshippers who threw rocks at them after Friday prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third holiest site, a police spokesman said.
South African gold strike almost over, except at Harmony
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A three-day strike by tens of thousands of South African gold miners wound down on Friday with most strikers agreeing to return to work after accepting the latest wage offer from employers, the National Union of Mineworkers (NU…
