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…
Nigerian militant attacks kill 20 in northeast: witnesses
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants armed with guns and machetes killed at least 20 people in villages in Nigeria’s turbulent northeast, witnesses said on Friday.
Putin: Need to resolve potash row with Belarus
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday it was necessary to resolve a potash dispute with Belarus but said it was important to avoid escalating a row, which broke out after the arrest by Minsk of Uralkali CEO …
Turkey says almost all G20 leaders support operation against Syria
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday almost all leaders at the G20 summit accepted the need for intervention in Syria and repeated that a small coalition could be formed for a joint operation even outside the …
Suspected al Qaeda gunmen kill two officers in southern Yemen
ADEN (Reuters) – Suspected al Qaeda militants shot dead two senior officers in Yemen’s security services on Friday, security sources said, in the latest of a wave of such attacks.
