Luxembourg spying scandal breaks Juncker government
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday bowed to pressure for an early election after his junior coalition partner blamed him for failing to curb abuses of power by the secret service.
Colombia demands answers on U.S. spying as Latin America seethes
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia called for answers from Washington on Wednesday after revelations the United States had spied on the Andean nation, its closest military ally in Latin America, as anger mounted in the region over U.S. intelligence gathering….
Luxembourg PM says will propose to hold early election
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday he will propose to hold an early election.
Suspected Colombian drug kingpin pleads not guilty in U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alleged Colombian drug kingpin Daniel Barrera made his first appearance in a U.S. court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to conspiring to import cocaine into the United States.
North Korea says could resume nuclear talks if U.S. ends hostility
GENEVA (Reuters) – North Korea said on Wednesday that it would not give up its nuclear deterrent until the United States ends its “hostile policy” towards Pyongyang, but that it was ready to revive international talks on its nuclear program frozen sinc…
Isolated, hot, angry: fasting Mursi backers keep Cairo vigil
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two incongruous additions to a vigil held by thousands of supporters of Egypt’s deposed President Mohamed Mursi suggest the protesters don’t intend to move soon – at least not without a fight.
Exclusive: U.S. still plans to send F-16s to Egypt in coming weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will go through with the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt in the coming weeks, U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday as Washington deliberated whether to call the ouster of Egypt’s elected leader a…
Workers at Brazil port end protest; to resume strike Thursday
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Dock workers at Brazil’s key shipping port of Santos, the largest in South America, stopped a strike over port reform early on Wednesday but plan to walk off the job again on Thursday in support of a broader union protest.
U.N. calls on Lebanon’s Hezbollah to stop involvement in Syria
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council called on Lebanese Hezbollah militants on Wednesday to end any involvement in the conflict in neighboring Syria, while Lebanon’s U.N. envoy pledged that his country would keep its borders open to Syr…
Syria opposition denies Russian chemical attack allegation
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The opposition Syrian National Coalition on Wednesday denied a Russian charge that rebel fighters fired a projectile laden with the nerve agent sarin at a suburb of Aleppo in March, saying U.N. inspectors should be allowed to…
