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Obama visits Bethlehem's Nativity Church
By Matt Spetalnick and Ali Sawafta BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama made a pilgrimage on Friday to the traditional birthplace of Jesus, receiving a subdued reception from...
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Turkish PM says Kurdish peace moves open to sabotage
By Nick Tattersall and Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Kurdish politicians on Friday of trying to sabotage talks to end a 28-year-old insurrection, lamenting the...
View ArticleIsraeli PM apologises to Turkey over Gaza flotilla deaths
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologised on Friday to Turkey for errors that might have led to the deaths of nine Turkish activists during a 2010 raid on a boat off...
View ArticleGreece's Piraeus to take over Cypriot banks' Greek units - sources
ATHENS (Reuters) - Piraeus Bank has been chosen to take over the Greek branches of Cypriot lenders that are being sold to shield the Greek banking system from the island's crisis, two bankers with...
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100,000 Portuguese sign petition to keep ex-PM Socrates off TV
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese state television channel RTP's plan to give former premier Jose Socrates a weekly commentary spot has sparked outrage, with 100,000 people signing a petition citing his...
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Grandfather of African literature, Chinua Achebe, dies aged 82
By Tim Cocks LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely seen as the grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82. From the publication of his first novel, "Things...
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Assad says Syria will wipe out mosque attackers
By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Friday to purge Syria of "extremist forces" he accused of assassinating a leading Sunni Muslim cleric who backed his two-year...
View ArticleEuro zone clamour drowned out Cypriot bank warnings
By Laura Noonan NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot politicians and bankers were so swept up in the short term benefits of the Mediterranean island's adoption of the euro that they ignored warnings over the...
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Protesters clash with Brotherhood supporters in Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Egyptian protesters and Muslim Brotherhood supporters hurled stones at each other close to the group's headquarters in Cairo on Friday, witnesses said. Columns of riot...
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Obama brokers Israel-Turkey rapprochement
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel apologised to Turkey on Friday for killing nine Turkish citizens in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla and both feuding U.S. allies agreed to...
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Cyprus says close to bailout deal
By Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus was just hours away from a deal on Friday to raise billions of euros and unlock a bailout from the European Union that could avert financial meltdown and...
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Britain considers tough Australia-style border controls
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is considering introducing much tougher border controls and may oblige visitors from "high-risk" countries to hand over a returnable cash bond to deter them from overstaying...
View ArticleEuro zone finance ministers to meet Sunday on Cyprus - sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the 17-nation euro zone will hold talks on Sunday about a revised bailout of Cyprus, two euro zone sources told Reuters on Friday. The meeting was scheduled...
View ArticleCyprus creates "solidarity fund", allows capital controls
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus's parliament adopted laws on Friday creating a "solidarity fund" to pool state assets as the basis for an emergency bond issue and giving the government the power to impose...
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What's at stake in U.N. arms trade treaty negotiations?
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Members of the United Nations have been meeting at the world body's New York City headquarters this week for a final round of negotiations on what could...
View ArticleCyprus adopts bank bill to split good and bad assets
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus adopted legislation on Friday allowing the government to split the island's failing lenders into good and bad banks as it races to clinch a bailout from the European Union...
View ArticleChina to attend major U.S.-hosted naval exercises, but role limited
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's People's Liberation Army has accepted an invitation to participate for the first time in a major U.S.-hosted naval drill, but legal restrictions will...
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Microsoft did not violate Google patent - ITC judge
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp did not violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility when it made its popular Xbox, an administrative law judge at the...
View ArticleCentral African Republic halts rebel column - source
By Paul Marin Ngoupana BANGUI (Reuters) - A Central African Republic attack helicopter opened fire on rebels advancing on the capital on Friday, breaking up their column, a senior regional peacekeeping...
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Congolese warlord arrives at war crimes court jail
By Jenny Clover KIGALI (Reuters) - A Congolese warlord known as "the Terminator" who is accused of murder, rape and other atrocities arrived at the International Criminal Court's jail in the...
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