Portugal’s opposition says crisis talks break off
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s main opposition Socialists and the ruling coalition have broken off talks, leaving it to the president to decide how to end a political crisis that threatens Lisbon’s bailout exit, Socialist leader Antonio Jose Seguro said…
Peace talks with Palestinians would take months: Israel official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – New Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, if resumed, would take months, an Israeli official said on Friday after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the sides had laid the groundwork for negotiations.
Mideast envoys’ U.S. meeting would launch peace talks: U.S. official
AMMAN (Reuters) – A meeting of Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Washington expected in the near future would in effect mark the resumption of peace talks, a U.S. official said on Friday.
Insight: Mursi’s overthrow rattles Egypt’s Islamists in their heartland
ASSIUT, Egypt (Reuters) – You can trace the aspirations and disappointments of Egypt’s revolution across the walls of the southern city of Assiut.
EU pushes plan to bar aid to Israelis in West Bank
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union, over Israeli protests, said on Friday it was pushing ahead with plans to bar EU financial aid to Israeli organizations operating in the occupied territories, but insisted the decision would not affect peace effo…
Two U.S. senators suggest moving G20 from Russia over Snowden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators asked President Barack Obama on Friday to consider recommending a different location for the September G20 summit in St. Petersburg if Russia does not hand over fugitive former spy agency contractor Edward Snowd…
Egypt army fire tear gas at Mursi supporters: agency
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian soldiers fired tear gas on Friday at protesters backing ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi who were marching near the presidential palace compound in Cairo, state news agency MENA reported.
Berlusconi associates found guilty on sex charges
MILAN (Reuters) – Three associates of Silvio Berlusconi were sentenced to jail terms on Friday by an Italian court that found them guilty of aiding and abetting prostitution by procuring girls for paid sex with the former prime minister.
Schaeuble says Germany does not want a ‘German Europe’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany does not want a “German Europe” and believes no single country can take a leading role, yet Berlin does have a special responsibility for the path to exiting the euro zone crisis, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble wrote in …
French probe suspected sabotage of Areva rail line
PARIS (Reuters) – French police are investigating the suspected sabotage of a rail track used to transport nuclear material and which caused the derailment of a locomotive the same day as a fatal passenger train accident, officials said on Friday.
