Egypt probes blast near Suez Canal, shipping unaffected: sources
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces are investigating reports of an explosion near the Suez Canal on Tuesday, security officials said.
China rules out Sino-Japanese summit: state media
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China has ruled out the possibility of a proposed summit with Japan after Tokyo suggested the meeting in a bid to defuse an increasingly bitter territorial row, the official China Daily reported on Tuesday.
U.S. Army won’t bar contractors linked to Afghan insurgents -watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army has refused to bar 43 individuals or companies from getting U.S. contracts in Afghanistan despite information that they support the Taliban or other enemies of U.S. forces, a government watchdog said on Tuesday.
Hackers attack New Zealand government party websites to protest spy law
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers disabled several websites of New Zealand’s ruling party on Tuesday, protesting a planned law to widen the surveillance powers of the country’s spy agency but the action was criticized by Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom a…
China rules out Sino-Japanese summit: China Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has ruled out the possibility of a proposed summit meeting with Japan, the official China Daily reported on Tuesday, after Tokyo proposed the meeting in a bid to defuse a territorial row.
Abbas wants ‘not a single Israeli’ in future Palestinian state
CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas laid out his vision on Monday for the final status of Israeli-Palestinian relations ahead of peace talks due to resume in Washington for the first time in nearly three years.
Gunmen kill eight Tunisian troops as political tensions grow
TUNIS (Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least eight Tunisian soldiers on Monday, staging the biggest attack on the security forces in decades as political tensions rose between supporters and opponents of the Islamist-led government.
Al Qaeda group kidnaps Italian priest in Syria: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda-linked fighters in a rebel-held eastern Syrian city on Monday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.
Gunmen kill eight Tunisian troops as political tensions rise
TUNIS (Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least eight Tunisian soldiers on Monday, staging the biggest attack on the security forces in decades as political tensions rose between supporters and opponents of the Islamist-led government.
Berlusconi faces verdict that could endanger Italian government
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s supreme court convenes on Tuesday to rule whether Silvio Berlusconi should be jailed and banned from public office for tax fraud, a verdict that could endanger Italy’s shaky coalition government.
