China’s foreign minister meets Japan’s vice foreign minister
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister met Japan’s top diplomat on Tuesday and discussed problems clouding relations between the two countries as a state-run newspaper said Beijing has ruled out the possibility of a proposed bilateral summit.
Kenyan sentenced to death for murder, kidnap of Britons
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – A Kenyan judge has sentenced a man to death for the murder of British tourist David Tebbutt and handed him a separate jail term for abducting the victim’s wife from a remote beach resort near the Somali border.
Chinese magazine gives new details on charges against Bo Xilai
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese magazine on Tuesday provided fresh details about the charges against former senior leader Bo Xilai, saying he had accepted bribes while mayor of a northeastern city and prevented an investigation into his wife’s murder of …
Cambodia government rejects opposition call for poll inquiry
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s government rejected on Tuesday calls by the opposition for an international inquiry into allegations it used massive fraud to win re-election, and said it wanted parliament to approve a new cabinet quickly.
EU’s Ashton holds two-hour talks with ousted Egypt leader Mursi
DUBAI (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi late on Monday and held two hours of “in depth” discussions, Ashton’s spokesperson said.
Two Swiss trains collide, 35 injured, driver feared dead
GRANGES-PRES-MARNAND, Switzerland (Reuters) – Two trains collided head-on in Switzerland on Monday evening, injuring about 35 people, five seriously, police said.
Egypt probes blast near Suez Canal, shipping unaffected: sources
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces are investigating reports of an explosion near the Suez Canal on Tuesday, security officials said.
China rules out Sino-Japanese summit: state media
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China has ruled out the possibility of a proposed summit with Japan after Tokyo suggested the meeting in a bid to defuse an increasingly bitter territorial row, the official China Daily reported on Tuesday.
U.S. Army won’t bar contractors linked to Afghan insurgents -watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army has refused to bar 43 individuals or companies from getting U.S. contracts in Afghanistan despite information that they support the Taliban or other enemies of U.S. forces, a government watchdog said on Tuesday.
Hackers attack New Zealand government party websites to protest spy law
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers disabled several websites of New Zealand’s ruling party on Tuesday, protesting a planned law to widen the surveillance powers of the country’s spy agency but the action was criticized by Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom a…
