Reuters: International News

Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:00:07 -0400

SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The mullah's message was blunt. We don't trust you and if you don't earn our trust, our first meeting will be our last.

Crash probe locates doomed Yemeni flight recorders

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:56:25 -0400

PARIS (Reuters) - French investigators said on Sunday they had detected the signal from the flight recorders from a Yemeni jet that crashed last week with more than 150 people on board.

Mexican ruling party to struggle at mid-term vote

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:13:07 -0400

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans voted on Sunday in mid-term elections for Congress where President Felipe Calderon's party is likely to lose ground, leaving him with an uphill struggle to achieve economic reforms.

North Korea may have shot mid-range missile

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:00:57 -0400

SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. pointman for sanctions on North Korea begins talks in Malaysia on Sunday, possibly on links banks have to the North's finances, while a report said Pyongyang may have shot mid-range missiles in a series fired on Saturday.

Ex-bodyguard's opposition seen winning Bulgarian poll

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:18:14 -0400

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's opposition center-right GERB party was set to win most seats in Sunday's parliamentary election on promises to clean up corruption and heal an economy hurt by the global crisis, exit polls showed.

Pakistani jets pound Taliban on Afghan border

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:50:15 -0400

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani warplanes bombed Taliban positions in the northwest Sunday, killing at least five insurgents, residents said, as militants distributed leaflets warning area tribesmen not to rise up against them.

Iranian clerical group says vote result "invalid"

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:48:44 -0400

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A pro-reform Iranian clerical group said on Sunday the outcome of last month's presidential vote was "invalid," even though Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has upheld the result.

Chinese floods kill 15, displace 550,000

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:27:47 -0400

BEIJING (Reuters) - Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 550,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

Ousted Honduran seeks to return after OAS suspension

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:20:43 -0400

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya prepared to fly back home on Sunday, setting the stage for a possible confrontation as the interim government that has defied international pressure said it would not let him enter the country.

Settlements, regional peace on Israel-U.S. agenda

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:06:01 -0400

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he would discuss with a U.S. envoy Monday a compromise over a peace plan calling for an Israeli settlement freeze and seek ways to promote regional peace.