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China’s Xi tells Vietnam wants peace in South China Sea

By Ben Blanchard, BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told his visiting Vietnamese counterpart of Wednesday that maintaining peace and stability in the contested South China Sea was vital for both countries, who should remember their traditional friendship. Beijing’s...

Brazil protests proceed as smaller cities join the fray

By Asher Levine and Tatiana Ramil, SAO PAULO-FORTALEZA (Reuters) – Protesters blocked roads in Sao Paulo and marched toward a stadium hosting a major international soccer game in Brazil’s northeast on Wednesday in a growing wave of nationwide demonstrations against...

Turkish official approves ‘standing man’ protest, while police question detainees

ANKARA, Turkey (AP):Turkey’s deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey on Wednesday as police were questioning dozens of people rounded up in police raids. Although police dispersed...

Immigration Bill Would Slash Deficit, Budget Office Finds

By ASHLEY PARKER, WASHINGTON (NY Times): Congressional budget analysts said Tuesday that legislation to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws would cut close to $1 trillion from the federal deficit over the next two decades and lead to more than 10...

More than 240,000 in Brazil protest against government services, corruption

SAO PAULO (AP): Enormous demonstrations have shaken cities across this continent-sized country, and more were expected Tuesday in some of the largest outpourings of frustration in decades over red tape, high prices and shoddy services in a rising economic power....

US, Taliban to hold Afghanistan peace talks in Qatar office this week, officials say

Representatives from the United States and the Taliban will engage in Afghanistan peace talks Thursday in an office that has opened in Qatar, senior U.S. administration officials say. The officials say detainee exchanges will likely be among the topics discussed...

New report: Britain spied on G-20 delegates in 2009

By Matt Smith, (CNN): Britain’s electronic intelligence agency monitored delegates’ phones and tried to capture their passwords during an economic summit held there in 2009, the Guardian newspaper reported Sunday. The targets included British allies such as Turkey and South...

West rebukes Putin over Syria at G8 summit

By Roberta Rampton and Alexei Anishchuk, ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Western leaders rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin for supporting Syria’s Bashar al-Assad’s attempt to crush a two-year-old uprising, setting the stage for a tense G8 summit of the world’s...

Newly-elected Iranian president urges ‘path of moderation’

TEHRAN, Iran (AP): Iran’s newly elected president pledged on Monday to follow a “path of moderation” and promised greater openness over the country’s nuclear program, but sided with the hard-line Islamic establishment that refuses to consider halting uranium enrichment. However,...

Riot police patrol Istanbul ahead of ruling party rally

By Daren Butler and Seda Sezer, ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Riot police fired occasional bursts of teargas in Istanbul on Sunday after a night of unrest to try to prevent anti-government demonstrators from regrouping ahead of a rally by Prime Minister...