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Rescuers raise 48 bodies from Volga boat accident
Russian rescuers recovered nearly 50 bodies on Monday from an overcrowded pleasure boat that sank in the Volga River in an accident the Kremlin blamed on disregard for safety. Divers reported raising 48 bodies off the vessel, the Bulgaria, which went down in a heavy storm on Sunday on one…
Greece, Italy top agenda at EU finance chiefs meeting
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU finance officials will discuss a range of options for Greece’s intractable debt crisis on Monday, galvanized by the growing threat of contagion to Italy, the euro zone’s third-largest economy. A senior European Union source told Reuters the Eurogroup of 17 euro zone finance ministers meeting later…
Death toll climbs to 80 in India rail accident
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – The death toll in a train accident in northern India climbed to 80 on Monday with more than 350 injured in one of the worst rail disasters to hit the country’s troubled rail network in years. The accident occurred on Sunday in northern Uttar Pradesh state…
U.S. forces ‘still attacking Iraq Shiite insurgents’
US forces are carrying out operations against Shiite insurgents, almost a year after the military announced a formal end to its combat operations in Iraq, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday. “We have to unilaterally be able to go after those threats. We’re doing that,” Panetta told reporters,…
Rockets hit Baghdad Green Zone on Panetta visit
Three rockets slammed into Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone on Monday, wounding a woman and her three children, security officials said, as US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta began the second day of a visit. There was no report or indication the missiles had landed anywhere close to the US embassy inside…
China’s top general criticizes U.S. naval exercises
China’s top military officer said Monday the timing of US naval exercises in the South China Sea was “inappropriate,” after talks with his US counterpart aimed at cooling the territorial dispute. General Chen Bingde urged the United States to be “more modest and prudent in words and deeds”, amid growing…
South African oil refinery workers launch strike
Some 70,000 workers at oil refineries and related industries on Monday joined a week-old strike in South Africa, their union said, raising fears of potential fuel shortages. The Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU) said refineries had ground to a halt as workers downed tools to…
Israel weighs settlement boycott ‘ban’
Israel’s parliament was poised on Monday to vote on a law that would effectively ban Israelis from calling for boycotts of any part of the Jewish state or its settlements on occupied Palestinian land. Activists and intellectuals have criticised the controversial bill, accusing the MPs behind it of stifling free…
Dead and injured in blasts at Cyprus naval base
Huge blasts rocked the main Greek Cypriot naval base at Zygi in the south of the Mediterranean island early on Monday leaving dead and injured, state television reported. The early morning blasts caused extensive damage to property in the area and sparked wildfires in nearby scrubland in the tinder-dry summer…
WikiLeaks’ Assange appeals UK extradition ruling
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Tuesday start his appeal against a British court ruling that he can be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape. The 40-year-old Australian will take his legal battle to the High Court in London for a two-day hearing, in the hope of reversing…
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