U.S. plans to go ahead with high-level Russia talks: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will hold talks with Russia’s defense and foreign ministers in Washington on Friday despite Moscow’s decision to grant asylum to former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, U.S. officials told Reuters on T…
Malta insists rescued migrants to be denied entry
VALLETTA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Malta said on Tuesday it would not allow a tanker which picked up 102 migrants off the Libyan coast to dock, despite a call from the European Union for it to do so on humanitarian grounds.
Bomb threat at U.S. consulate in Italy was false alarm
MILAN (Reuters) – The U.S. consulate in central Milan was evacuated on Tuesday after a bomb alert, but police who searched the premises said it was a false alarm, a police officer said.
Turkey’s Ergenekon trial verdicts set to entrench divisions
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The conviction of more than 250 people on conspiracy charges may be seen by supporters of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan as a triumph for Turkish democracy, but for many the landmark rulings have exposed deep divisions over the coun…
Nigeria seeks extradition of al Qaeda suspect to U.S.
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has asked a court to grant an extradition request for one of its citizens to the United States over charges of aiding the Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda, court documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed.
Russian court trims ex-tycoon Khodorkovsky’s jail term
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s top court refused on Tuesday to free former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky after a decade behind bars but trimmed his sentence by two months, ensuring one of President Vladimir Putin’s biggest critics will spend another yea…
U.S. consulate in Italy evacuated after bomb alert
MILAN (Reuters) – The U.S. consulate in central Milan was evacuated on Tuesday after a bomb alert, a police officer said.
Merkel challenger Steinbrueck takes aim at ECB low rates policy
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s main challenger in next month’s German election criticised ECB President Mario Draghi’s pledge to keep interest rates at record lows for an extended period, saying the move put savers in an “unspeakable …
U.S. senators in Cairo urge dialogue and no violence in Egypt crisis
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators visiting Cairo on Tuesday urged both sides in Egypt’s political crisis to start a national dialogue and to avoid violence.
Tribesmen shoot down Yemeni army helicopter, six dead
SANAA (Reuters) – At least six Yemeni troops were killed on Tuesday when tribesmen shot down a military helicopter in central Yemen where gunmen had repeatedly blown up oil pipelines, government sources said.
