Obama says values France’s strong support for U.S. action on Syria
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he values the strong support from French President Francois Hollande for action against Syria for a chemical weapons attack.
Obama, Putin no closer on Syria after one-on-one talk: Kremlin
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for 20 minutes on the sidelines of a G20 summit on Friday but remained at odds over the conflict in Syria, Putin’s senior foreign policy adviser said.
U.N. envoy, Russia say striking Syria would hurt chance for peace
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russia and the international peace envoy for Syria warned on Friday that U.S. military action against Syria would be illegal without U.N. Security Council approval and would undermine the chances for a political soluti…
Egypt to dissolve Brotherhood NGO, official says
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed authorities have decided to annul the Muslim Brotherhood’s non-governmental organization, an official said on Friday, widening a drive to neutralize the movement behind deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi.
EU, Iran to prepare nuclear diplomacy during U.N. meeting
VILNIUS (Reuters) – The European Union and Iran will discuss a resumption of nuclear negotiations during a United Nations gathering this month, possibly setting a date for a new round of talks aimed ultimately at preventing a new Middle East war.
Turkey says almost all G20 leaders support operation against Syria
ST. PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday almost all leaders at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg accepted the need for an operation to be carried out against Syria following a chemical weapons attack there last mon…
Taliban-linked militant killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A senior militant commander linked to the kidnap of a U.S. soldier was killed on Friday in a suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s ethnic Pashtun tribal region on the Afghan border, security and militant sources said….
Brazil’s Rousseff: Obama took responsibility for NSA spying
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, angered by a recent report that the U.S. government spied on her communications, said on Friday that President Barack Obama had taken responsibility for what happened and that she may proce…
China’s Xi tells Obama Syria crisis can’t be resolved with military strike
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on Friday that the crisis in Syria should not be resolved through a military strike and urged him to consider a political solution, state news agency Xinhua said.
Italy president right to trust Berlusconi: center-right official
ROME (Reuters) – A senior ally of Silvio Berlusconi on Friday played down the risk of an imminent government crisis, a day after President Giorgio Napolitano said he expected the bickering Italian coalition partners to maintain support for Prime Minist…
