Manila, Washington widen talks for military deal
MANILA (Reuters) – Washington and Manila have expanded talks on military cooperation to include possible U.S. funding to build facilities and the storage of U.S. humanitarian relief supplies, the Philippine envoy to the United States said on Tuesday.
South Korea says U.S. must consider global effects of QE exit
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Tuesday it will press the United States at G20 meetings in Moscow this week to consider the repercussions for the global economy when the Federal Reserve decides to wind down its quantitative easing program.
Panama detains North Korean-flagged ship, seizes weapons
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama has detained a North Korean-flagged ship coming from Cuba as it approached the Panama Canal with undeclared weapons, President Ricardo Martinelli said.
New North Korea curbs endanger aid efforts: relief worker
BEIJING (Reuters) – New sanctions levied on North Korea after its third nuclear test this year risk pushing the country into a further humanitarian disaster by crimping relief efforts, says an aid worker who has just completed a trip to the isolated st…
Spain apologizes to Bolivia for presidential plane delay
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Spain apologized on Monday for its part in the events that led Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plane to be delayed earlier this month during an international search for U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden.
Greek MPs vote in favour of charging ex-minister over tax-cheat list
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek lawmakers voted early on Tuesday in favor of pressing criminal charges against former finance minister George Papaconstantinou in a scandal over a list of potential tax evaders that sparked outrage among crisis-hit Greeks.
Mexico captures leader of brutal Zetas cartel: reports
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Navy has captured the leader of the brutal Zetas drug cartel in northern Mexico, according to several media reports on Monday.
Two killed as ethnic clashes grip eastern Guinea town
CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least two people were killed and six others injured in clashes in south-eastern Guinea on Monday, a resident and a police source said, underscoring ethnic tensions simmering in the country in the run-up to parliamentary elections…
Police fire tear gas in Cairo, U.S. envoy spurned by parties
CAIRO (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas in central Cairo on Monday when protesters calling for the reinstatement of the ousted Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, scuffled with drivers and passers-by annoyed that they had blocked major roads.
Russia, China block U.N. condemnation of Iran missile tests
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. Security Council committee is split over whether Iran’s missile tests last year violated U.N. sanctions imposed on Tehran because of its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, Australia’s U.N. envoy said on Monday.
