Poll shows Australia’s Labor government on course for heavy defeat
CANBERRA (Reuters) – A bold gamble by Kevin Rudd to reclaim the leadership of Australia and launch national elections appears to be failing, with a poll on Monday showing his center-left Labor government is headed for a heavy defeat in a September ball…
Britain detains partner of journalist linked to Snowden
LONDON (Reuters) – British authorities used anti-terrorism powers on Sunday to detain the partner of a journalist with close links to Edward Snowden, the former U.S. spy agency contractor who has been granted asylum by Russia, as he passed through Lond…
Insight: North Korea’s Kim tries new tack with defectors – being nice
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is taking a new approach to defectors who have fled his impoverished and repressive state, promising they will not be harmed if they come home, and even offering cash rewards, according to some in the e…
Mexico boosts security on northeast border after cartel boss arrest
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities have increased security along the country’s northeastern border with the United States after arresting the suspected leader of the Gulf Cartel, one of the oldest drug trafficking groups in Mexico, a spokesman…
In turnaround, ruling Tunisia Islamists will meet rivals
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s governing Islamist party Ennahda switched course on Sunday and agreed to meet with opposition parties to seek a consensus on resolving the country’s worst political crisis since its 2011 Arab Spring revolution.
UK detains partner of journalist linked to Snowden
LONDON (Reuters) – British authorities used anti-terrorism powers to detain the partner of a journalist with close links to Edward Snowden, the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor, as he passed through London’s Heathrow airport on Sunday.
Insight: North Korea’s Kim tries new tack with defectors – being nice
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is taking a new approach to defectors who have fled his impoverished and repressive state, promising they will not be harmed if they come home, and even offering cash rewards, according to some in the e…
U.N. chemical weapons inspectors to start work in Syria on Monday
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A team of U.N. chemical weapons experts have arrived in Damascus and will start work on Monday to investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria’s civil war.
Okinawa shows vulnerability of Japan PM’s popular appeal
NAHA, Japan (Reuters) – Masatoshi Onaga says Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is out of touch with Okinawa, one of Japan’s poorest prefectures and the reluctant host to half the U.S. forces in the country.
Egypt’s Brotherhood cries foul over prison deaths
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, fighting for its political survival, has accused security forces of killing dozens of detained Islamists, upping the pressure in a crisis that has rocked the Arab world’s most populous state.
