China carrier a show of force as Japan tension festers
TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) – China sent its first aircraft carrier into formal service on Tuesday amid a tense maritime dispute with Japan in a show of force that could worry its neighbors.
Ghana says to help Ivory Coast investigate raids that closed border
ACCRA and NOE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Ghana has promised to help investigate attacks in Ivory Coast that Ivorian officials say were launched by supporters of former President Laurent Gbagbo exiled in the neighboring state.
Analysis: Clock ticking on French fracking veto
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande’s move to leave French shale gas untapped to protect a frayed alliance with the Greens may come back to haunt him as the economy grinds to a halt and job cuts pile in.
Clinton reassures Egypt’s Mursi on U.S. assistance
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reassured Egypt’s new Islamist president on Monday that the United States would forge ahead with plans to expand economic assistance despite anti-American protests that cast new shadows over U.S. …
Syrian air strike kills at least 54: activists
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 54 people were killed when a jet fighter blew up a fuel station amid heavy fighting between government and rebel forces in northern Syria on Thursday, a British-based monitoring group said.
Fighting in Caucasus kills 14, including militants
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian security forces killed twelve people including leading Islamist insurgents in the North Caucasus republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Chechnya on Thursday, officials and local media said.
U.S. asks Russia for more time to close down aid operations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it has asked Russia for more time to end the U.S. Agency for International Development’s work in the country after Russian authorities gave them until October 1 to close the operation.
U.S. doesn’t support tying Iraq aid to cooperation on Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department said on Thursday it did not support a suggestion from a prominent senator that future U.S. assistance to Iraq be made conditional on Baghdad’s cooperation in stopping Iranian aircraft suspected of ferrying we…
Sudan hopeful for South Sudan deal despite fresh fighting
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Sudan hopes to reach a broad agreement with South Sudan to end all hostilities at a presidents’ summit in Ethiopia at the weekend, officials said on Thursday, despite new fighting between the army and rebels in Sudan’s borderlan…
Cuba says ending U.S. embargo would help both countries
HAVANA (Reuters) – Both the United States and Cuba would benefit if Washington would lift its longstanding trade embargo against the island, but U.S. President Barack Obama has toughened the sanctions since taking office in 2009, a top Cuban official s…
