Vietnam PM takes a hit in first-ever confidence vote
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was dealt a rare public blow on Tuesday, winning the full support of less than half of members of a parliament dominated by his ruling Communist Party in the country’s first-ever confidence vo…
Turkish police mass near Istanbul park protest area
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of Turkish riot police gathered on Tuesday on a major avenue leading up to Istanbul’s Taksim Square where protesters have been staging demonstrations against plans to redevelop a park, a Reuters witness said.
Myanmar minister backs two-child policy for Rohingya minority
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar’s Immigration Minister has expressed support for a controversial two-child limit on a Muslim minority group that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the United Nations call discriminatory and a violation of hum…
Guantanamo prosecutors charge Iraqi with unlawful war tactics
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – An Iraqi prisoner identified as a senior al Qaeda commander has been charged in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal with firing on a medical evacuation helicopter and using unlawful tactics to wage war on…
Iranian diplomat detained for three months without lawyer: sources
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran’s reformists, who has been detained at Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison for three months, has been denied access to his attorney for the entire time, sources familiar with the case told …
Canada says not receiving information from U.S. spying program
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada has no access to data gathered by a top-secret U.S. government surveillance program, but the nation’s secret signals intelligence agency is monitoring foreign phone and internet traffic, officials said on Monday.
Israel signals readiness to limit settlement building for peace
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Monday that Israel was ready to confine Jewish settlement expansion to the blocs of occupied territory it wants to keep under any peace deal with the Palestinians, in a nod to U.S. effor…
Bombs and battles hit northern Iraq, more than 70 dead
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Insurgents attacked cities across Iraq on Monday with car bombs, suicide blasts and gun battles that killed more than 70 people in unrest that has deepened fears of a return to civil war.
Mali government, Tuaregs reach ceasefire deal ‘in principle’
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – A Malian government delegation and Tuareg separatist rebels have reached an agreement “in principle” that would allow planned elections in July to go ahead in the disputed northern Kidal region, a senior mediator in the talks sa…
Government holds high-level meetings on Syria, including on arming rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States could decide as early as this week whether to arm Syrian rebels, U.S. officials said on Monday, as Secretary of State John Kerry put off a Middle East trip to attend meetings on the subject.
