EU’s Ashton holds two-hour talks with ousted Egypt leader Mursi
DUBAI (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi late on Monday and held two hours of “in depth” discussions, Ashton’s spokesperson said.
Two Swiss trains collide, 35 injured, driver feared dead
GRANGES-PRES-MARNAND, Switzerland (Reuters) – Two trains collided head-on in Switzerland on Monday evening, injuring about 35 people, five seriously, police said.
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.
