Britain takes security gamble with Northern Ireland G8
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron is gambling that the remnants of the Irish Republican Army are too weak to trouble the world’s most powerful leaders when they meet five miles from the scene of one of the w…
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…
British Queen visits husband, 92, in hospital after operation
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth visited her husband, Prince Philip, in hospital on Monday, where he was “comfortable and in good spirits” three days after an operation on his abdomen, Buckingham Palace said.
U.N. chief appoints Germany’s Martin Kobler as Congo envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed former German diplomat Martin Kobler on Monday as his special envoy to the volatile Democratic Republic of Congo, succeeding former U.S. diplomat Roger Meece in July.
Italy local elections give boost to PM Letta
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s battered center-left won the election for mayor of Rome and 15 other major cities on Monday, giving a lift to Prime Minister Enrico Letta as he strives to control an uneasy coalition with traditional rivals on the right.
Syrian war enters new phase but no end in sight
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad are massing around Aleppo in preparation for an offensive to retake the city and build on battlefield gains that have swung the momentum of Syria’s war to Assad and his Hezbollah allies…
UK rejects accusations its use of U.S. spy system was illegal
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday dismissed as “baseless” accusations that security agencies had been circumventing British law by using information gathered on British citizens by PRISM, a secret U.S. eavesdropping program.
Kenya jails nine Somalis to five years for piracy
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – A Kenyan court sentenced nine Somali citizens each to five years in prison on Monday after finding them guilty of violently hijacking a vessel, MV Magellan Star, in the Gulf of Aden in September 2010.
Northern Irish police seize arms cache ahead of G8
BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland police seized explosives and munitions during a sweep of Irish militant nationalists on Monday, a week before world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama travel to the province for the Group of Eight summit….
Zimbabwe starts registering new voters as poll looms
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe began registering new voters on Monday in a push to meet a Constitutional Court order to hold elections by July 31, even though one of the two main parties wants a delay to allow for reform of the media and security forces.
