German SPD faces shaky future as support for Steinbrueck sags
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – Peer Steinbrueck, fighting a long-shot battle to oust Chancellor Angela Merkel in September, was determined to get into the cockpit of an empty Lufthansa Boeing 747 so that a pack of photographers could get shots of him at …
Turkish PM calls for U.N. Security Council to convene on Egypt
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Thursday for the U.N. Security Council to convene quickly and act after what he described as a massacre in Egypt.
UAE says supports Egypt government’s ‘sovereign measures’
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has expressed support for the Egyptian government’s crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi when authorities forcibly broke up protest camps, killing hundreds of people.
China summons Japanese ambassador over shrine visit
BEIJING (Reuters) – China summoned Japan’s ambassador on Thursday to lodge a strong complaint after two Japanese cabinet ministers publicly paid their respects at a controversial Tokyo shrine for war dead, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
Brotherhood says to bring down ‘military coup’
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Thursday it would bring down the “military coup” and remained committed to peaceful activism after around 300 people were killed in violence triggered by the government’s decision to break up Islamis…
Traffic flows through site of crushed Cairo protest camp
CAIRO (Reuters) – Traffic has started flowing through the area of Cairo where supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi set up a protest camp at the heart of a power struggle between Islamists and the army-backed government, said a Reuters witness….
Indonesian anti-graft agency arrests head of energy regulator
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s anti-graft agency on Wednesday arrested the head of the energy regulator to probe allegations he took more than half a million dollars from an oil firm, piling more uncertainty on energy policy in Southeast Asia’s bigges…
Analysis: Under fire, Venezuela’s Maduro vows new graft crackdown
CARACAS (Reuters) – When even Venezuela’s most famous topless model complains on Twitter that the government is too soft on corruption, it could be time for President Nicolas Maduro to sit up and take action.
Central African Republic on brink of collapse: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Central African Republic is on the brink of collapse and the crisis is threatening to spread beyond its borders, senior U.N. officials said on Wednesday as they urged the Security Council to help fund and support an Afric…
Japan PM Abe sends offering to war shrine, but does not visit
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Thursday, but did not visit in person in an effort to avoid inflaming tensions with Asian neighbors.
