Kerry squeezes in more talks at end of Mideast mission

Kerry squeezes in more talks at end of Mideast mission

Kerry squeezes in more talks at end of Mideast mission

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:12 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry squeezed in final meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday as he wrapped up a fifth peace-brokering visit to the region with little sign of progress.

Deadly MERS virus a potential danger to Haj pilgrims

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:39 PM PDT

An enigmatic, deadly virus known as MERS has stricken Saudi Arabia, raising concerns of a possible global epidemic coming up as millions of Muslims all over the world will be making their annual haj pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in October. The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) warned ministers at the agency's annual congress ...
    

Cambodia reverses ban on foreign programmes on radio

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:30 PM PDT

Cambodia has quickly reversed a ban on foreign media content on local radio stations after protests from broadcasters, the public and the United States, which had expressed concern about the flow of information ahead of a general election next month. Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, has total control of local ...
    

Cambodia reverses ban on foreign programmes on radio

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:42 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia has quickly reversed a ban on foreign media content on local radio stations after protests from broadcasters, the public and the United States, which had expressed concern about the flow of information ahead of a general election next month.

WHO wants HIV patients treated sooner to save lives, halt spread

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:52 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors could save three million more lives worldwide by 2025 if they offer AIDS drugs to people with HIV much sooner after they test positive for the virus, the World Health Organization said on Sunday.

VIDEO: Global Gay Pride: Parades in cities

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 08:45 PM PDT

Gay Pride parades and celebrations have been held in several cities all over the world, including London, Singapore and Paris.

VIDEO: Selling skateboarding to the masses

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 04:06 PM PDT

Long the sport of choice for rebellious teenager, skateboarding is growing in popularity in Dubai and has gained the unlikely support of the ruling family.

VIDEO: 'Temperatures are breaking records'

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 07:48 PM PDT

Spencer Lubitz a reporter with KNTV in Las Vegas spoke to BBC News about the effect of the extreme heat.

Rudd gives struggling govt big poll boost

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 08:19 PM PDT

Support for Australia's embattled Labor government has surged since new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd took charge late last week but it will still struggle to win an election later this year, a major poll published today showed. Rudd replaced former prime minister Julia Gillard in a Labor party vote on Wednesday after successive polls predicting a ...
    

India floods: Thousands still stranded in Uttarakhand

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 08:10 PM PDT

Nearly 3,000 people are still stranded in India's Uttarakhand state where more than 800 people have died in floods and landslides, Indian army chief Gen Bikram Singh, said yesterday. Most of the affected were in the temple town of Badrinath, said Gen Bikram Singh, who was visiting the state to assess conditions. State authorities say that up to ...
    

VIDEO: French right-wing to target Tour de France

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:35 PM PDT

A French right-wing group has vowed to target the Tour de France in order to get its policies "noticed".

Obama sees no threat in China rivalry for Africa business

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:39 PM PDT

PRETORIA (Reuters) - The United States does not feel threatened by the growth of trade and investment in Africa by China and other emerging powers, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday.

Britain’s Cameron in thwarted Afghan peace talks push

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 07:55 PM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron flew into Afghanistan yesterday to try to inject momentum into stalled peace talks, but left empty-handed after the Afghan president said his country could break up if a deal was done with the Taliban. Cameron, who hosted President Hamid Karzai for talks in February about Afghanistan's future, has cast himself ...
    

Mired in recession, Croatia joins troubled EU

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 07:48 PM PDT

Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union at midnight today, a milestone that caps the Adriatic republic's recovery from war but is tinged with anxiety over the state of the economy and the bloc it joins. EU flags fluttered from a stage in Zagreb's central square ahead of the evening's festivities, though there have been few signs of ...
    

US bugged EU offices, computer networks, says German magazine

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 07:38 PM PDT

The United States has bugged European Union offices and gained access to EU internal computer networks, according to secret documents cited in a German magazine yesterday, the latest in a series of exposures of alleged American. spy programmes. Der Spiegel quoted from a September 2010 "top secret" US National Security Agency (NSA) document that it ...
    

Philippines on high alert as tropical storm Rumbia lands

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 07:11 PM PDT

The Philippines government has alerted all concerned departments as Tropical Storm Gorio (international name "Rumbia") landed in on its eastern shores yesterday, leaving 6,572 passengers stranded in those regions. The Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council also reported that as of 2pm yesterday, 49 vessels, 318 ...
    

Cameron in thwarted Afghan peace talks push

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 07:30 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron flew into Afghanistan on Saturday to try to inject momentum into stalled peace talks, but left empty-handed after the Afghan president said his country could break up if a deal was done with the Taliban.

New Australian PM Rudd gives struggling government big poll boost

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 07:39 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Support for Australia's embattled Labor government has surged since new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd took charge late last week but it will still struggle to win an election later this year, a major poll published on Sunday showed.

China media warns Philippines of ‘counterstrike’  in South China Sea

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 06:47 PM PDT

China's state media warned yesterday that a "counterstrike" against the Philippines was inevitable if it continues to provoke Beijing in the South China Sea, potentially Asia's biggest military troublespot. The warning comes as ministers from both countries attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting in Brunei, which hopes to ...
    

Police Day in Indonesia too scary for these young boys

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 05:52 PM PDT

Police Day is heralded in various ways worldwide, but Indonesian police celebrate their anniversary by holding a mass circumcision event as part of their public relations efforts. Kompas.com reported dozens of boys wearing sarongs and black velvet caps looking worried, some even petrified, sitting in the waiting room at the police station ...
    

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