Idaho hometown of captive U.S. soldier rallies in his support
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 01:31 By Laura Zuckerman HAILEY, Idaho (Reuters) - An estimated 2,000 supporters rallied on Saturday in the Idaho hometown of prisoner-of-war Bowe Bergdahl to call for the safe...
View ArticleUK probe taps 600m messages every day
British spies are running an online eavesdropping operation so vast internal documents say it even outstrips the United States' international internet surveillance effort, The Guardian says. The paper...
View ArticleGunmen kill 10 foreign tourists in northern Pakistan - police
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 05:12 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a hotel in a remote part of northern Pakistan on Sunday and killed 10 foreign tourists, police and security officials said. "Unknown...
View ArticleGunmen kill nine foreign tourists and their guide in northern Pakistan
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 06:08 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a hotel in a remote part of northern Pakistan on Sunday and killed nine foreign tourists and a Pakistani guide, police and...
View ArticleFrance makes new offers on military equipment to Qatar - report
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 07:56 DOHA (Reuters) - France has made new offers on supplying military equipment to Qatar and is optimistic about the outcome, French President Francois Hollande said in an...
View ArticleSites in Ukraine, the Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...
(Source: UN - United Nations) Sites in Ukraine, the Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora...
View ArticleLeft bids to unseat Albania's Berisha in tense election
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 10:00 By Benet Koleka TIRANA (Reuters) - A united left in Albania sought to unseat Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Sunday in an election watched closely by the West less for the...
View ArticleCzech president hints he may try to form technocrat cabinet
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 18:23 By Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman indicated on Sunday he was considering forming a technocrat cabinet to replace the...
View ArticleSyrian rebels renew fight for Aleppo
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 18:31 By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels battled President Bashar al-Assad's forces in and around the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, seeking to reverse...
View ArticleSnowden seeks asylum in Ecuador - foreign minister
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 18:33 By James Pomfret and Lidia Kelly HONG KONG/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is seeking asylum in Ecuador, the Quito government...
View ArticleMount Fuji And More Designated As UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Midori, Wikimedia Commons On Saturday, UNESCO's World Heritage Committee announced this year's newly inscribed locations to their list of World Heritage Sites from their 37th session in Cambodia. Each...
View ArticleGunmen kill 9 foreign tourists, two locals in northern Pakistan
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 20:09 By Jibran Ahmed PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a mountaineering base camp in northern Pakistan on Sunday and shot dead nine foreign trekkers and a...
View ArticleNelson Mandela critical, says South African president
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View ArticleFifteen killed in Montenegro bus crash, 31 injured
Reuters June 23, 2013 - 22:45 PODGORICA (Reuters) - Fifteen people were killed and 31 injured when a passenger bus with Romanian licence plates fell into a deep river gorge in central Montenegro on...
View ArticleDPR Korea: Ancient City of Kaesong on World Heritage List
Monday, 24 June 2013, 10:50 am Press Release: UN News DPR Korea: UN Adds Ancient City of Kaesong to Its World Heritage List New York, Jun 23 2013 - The ancient city of Kaesong located in what is now...
View ArticleU.S. warns countries against Snowden travel
Reuters June 24, 2013 - 00:05 By James Pomfret and Lidia Kelly HONG KONG/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden was seeking asylum in Ecuador on Sunday after Hong...
View ArticleJapan ruling bloc sweeps Tokyo poll, on track for upper house win
Reuters June 24, 2013 - 00:41 By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc swept to victory in a weekend Tokyo election, a sign it's on track for a hefty win in a...
View ArticleU.N. says Pakistan has food "emergency", but donors look elsewhere
Reuters June 24, 2013 - 10:23 By Frank Jack Daniel PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Hunger in Pakistan is at emergency levels after years of conflict and floods, but funding has dwindled as new crises...
View ArticleIndonesia makes first arrests amid Sumatra fires - two farmers
Reuters June 24, 2013 - 10:27 By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police on Monday arrested two farmers for illegally starting fires to clear land in Sumatra, the first detentions...
View ArticleSyria says rebels would take years to match army's strength
Reuters June 24, 2013 - 13:31 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's foreign minister said on Monday that a decision by Western and Arab countries to arm the rebels posed a danger to peace talks and would prolong...
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