Sole cleric in Iran presidential vote poses moderate challenge
DUBAI (Reuters) – A moderate cleric best known for his conciliatory nuclear talks with world powers has emerged as the sole beacon of hope for reformists in the campaign for Iran’s presidential election on Friday.
UK says will use G8 summit to push for Syria talks
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will use its role as host of a summit of the G8 group of nations next week to try to get both sides in the Syrian conflict to attend a peace conference, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday.
Merkel vows to rein in renewable subsidies
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised on Wednesday to scale back Germany’s generous system of subsidies to the renewables sector if she is re-elected in September, a move that would reduce the costs of her green revolution on cons…
Syrian rebels kill dozens of Shi’ites in eastern town
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Sunni Muslim insurgents have killed about 60 Shi’ite Muslims in a rebel-held eastern Syrian town where President Bashar al-Assad’s agents had been trying to recruit and arm fighters for his cause, according to opposition sources on W…
EU justice chief seeks answers on U.S. data spying
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief justice official has written to the U.S. attorney general demanding an explanation for the collection of foreign nationals’ data following disclosures about the “PRISM” spy program.
No one’s picking up in North Korea day after talks with South break down
SEOUL (Reuters) – A day after snubbing Seoul by offering to send a junior official to hold the first supposedly high-level talks between the two Koreas in six years, North Korea appeared to be refusing to pick up a phone line it re-established just las…
Gulf Shi’ites fear rising sectarian rhetoric over Syria
DUBAI (Reuters) – Shi’ite Muslims in the Gulf, alarmed by the shrill sectarian rhetoric of some Sunni clerics after Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia entered Syria’s civil war, fear they will be blamed and may be victimized for the bloodshed.
Across Asia, officials’ e-mails may be vulnerable
JAKARTA/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Government and security officials in parts of Asia have been sending sensitive information and policy documents via e-mail services offered by U.S. web giants, and concerns are spreading that these may have been monitored an…
Across Asia, officials’ e-mails may be vulnerable
JAKARTA/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Government and security officials in parts of Asia have been sending sensitive information and policy documents via e-mail services offered by U.S. web giants, and concerns are spreading that these may have been monitored an…
Preview: Iran election offers choice, but little change
DUBAI (Reuters) – Friday’s presidential election in Iran is unlikely to bring significant change to the Islamic republic, whose supreme leader has ensured hardline candidates dominate the field. But the sole moderate could yet upset the race.
