http://www.mail.com/subjects/3306-international-incidents.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3306-international-incidents.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2160748-japans-trade-deficit-climbs-to-105b.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion), highlighting the challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces in revitalizing manufacturing as industries increasingly shift production offshore. Rising costs for imports due to the cheaper yen matched a 10 percent rebound in exports from a year earl... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:15:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2160748-japans-trade-deficit-climbs-to-105b.html 2013-06-19T07:15:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2156508-report-uk-hacking-diplomats-angers-nations.html LONDON (AP) — A newspaper report that British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and emails has prompted an angry response from traditional rival Russia and provoked demands for an investigation from Turkey and South Africa. Although spying on diplomats is as old as diplomacy itself, the Guardian's report laid out i... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:12:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2156508-report-uk-hacking-diplomats-angers-nations.html 2013-06-17T17:12:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2155110-syria-lashes-egypt-decision-to-sever-ties.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria said Sunday that Egypt's decision to cut diplomatic ties with his country is "irresponsible," accusing its president of fueling sectarian conflict in Syria and serving a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy to divide the Middle East. The government statement quoted in state media comes a day after President Mohammed Morsi told supporters a... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:03:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2155110-syria-lashes-egypt-decision-to-sever-ties.html 2013-06-16T14:03:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2152858-arming-syria-rebels-us-drawn-proxy-war.html President Barack Obama's decision to begin arming Syria's rebels deepens U.S. involvement in a regional proxy war that is increasingly being fought along sectarian lines, pitting Sunni against Shiite Muslims, and threatening the stability of Syria's neighbors. Arming the rebels is bound to heighten U.S. tensions with Russia, a staunch ally of Syrian Presi... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:35:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2152858-arming-syria-rebels-us-drawn-proxy-war.html 2013-06-15T19:35:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2146374-kuwaiti-premier-visits-iraq-tightening-bonds.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Kuwait's prime minister discussed ties with his Iraqi counterpart in Baghdad on Wednesday, signaling improving relations between neighbors still working to overcome the more than two-decade legacy of war. The warming bonds between Shiite-led Iraq and Sunni-ruled Kuwait are noteworthy in a region increasingly plagued by the sectarian divisio... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:10:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2146374-kuwaiti-premier-visits-iraq-tightening-bonds.html 2013-06-12T23:10:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2144808-iraq-increasingly-drawn-syrian-battlefield.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Signs are growing that stretches of Iraq and Syria are morphing into a single battlefield for militants, exacerbating Iraq's slide into renewed deadly chaos a year and a half after U.S. troops pulled out. Iraqi border posts along the Syrian frontier are coming under attack, and Syrian truck drivers have been singled out and shot inside Iraq... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:57:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2144808-iraq-increasingly-drawn-syrian-battlefield.html 2013-06-11T18:57:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2143374-pakistan-indian-planes-violated-airspace.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Air Force said two Indian aircraft violated Pakistan's airspace on Tuesday, and that it scrambled two fighter jets to "challenge the intruders." The Indian Air Force said its planes appeared to have committed a "technical violation." Pakistan and India are nuclear-armed archrivals, and such airspace intrusions have happened ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:37:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2143374-pakistan-indian-planes-violated-airspace.html 2013-06-11T15:37:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2141166-al-qaida-leader-scraps-syria-iraq-branch-merger.html BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida's leader has tried to end squabbling between the terror network's Syrian and Iraqi branches, ordering the two groups to remain separate after an attempted merger prompted a leadership dispute between them. This came as Syrian rebels battled Monday in a renewed push to capture a government air base in the north, while the regime was ... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:21:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2141166-al-qaida-leader-scraps-syria-iraq-branch-merger.html 2013-06-10T19:21:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140022-japanese-troops-head-to-calif-beach-training.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — Japanese troops will converge on California's southern coast in the next two weeks as part of a military exercise with U.S. troops aimed at improving that country's amphibious attack abilities. U.S. and Japanese military officials said the unprecedented training, led by U.S. Marines and sailors, will help Japan's Self-Defense Force operat... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:36:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2140022-japanese-troops-head-to-calif-beach-training.html 2013-06-10T02:36:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2133362-syrian-rebel-offensive-golan-jolts-israel.html QUNEITRA, Golan Heights (AP) — Syrian rebels briefly seized control of a border crossing along the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Thursday, prompting the withdrawal of a major Austrian peacekeeping contingent and heightening fears in Israel that it could soon be dragged into the neighboring country's civil war. From the Israeli side of the Golan, Syr... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 23:25:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2133362-syrian-rebel-offensive-golan-jolts-israel.html 2013-06-06T23:25:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2134628-latest-syria-developments.html BEIRUT (AP) — Here are the latest developments in the Syria crisis: — Austria announces it is withdrawing 377 U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights after Syrian rebels briefly overran a crossing point near the border with Israel, deepening concerns the civil war is spreading to neighboring countries. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it regretted the d... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:22:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2134628-latest-syria-developments.html 2013-06-06T17:22:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2124260-hezbollah-syrian-rebels-worst-clash-lebanon.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels and Hezbollah guerrillas battled Sunday in their worst clashes yet inside Lebanon, a new sign that the civil war in Syria is increasingly destabilizing its fragile neighbor. Syria's foreign minister, meanwhile, rebuffed an appeal by the U.N. and the Red Cross to let humanitarian aid reach thousands of civilians trapped in the r... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:46:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2124260-hezbollah-syrian-rebels-worst-clash-lebanon.html 2013-06-02T19:46:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2122942-rockets-syria-hit-hezbollah-stronghold.html BEIRUT (AP) — Eighteen rockets and mortars rounds from Syria slammed into Lebanon on Saturday, the largest cross-border salvo to hit a Hezbollah stronghold since Syrian rebels threatened to retaliate for the Lebanese militant group's armed support of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The rockets targeted the Baalbek region, the latest sign that Syria's civil... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 19:17:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2122942-rockets-syria-hit-hezbollah-stronghold.html 2013-06-01T19:17:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2122930-guatemalan-mine-dispute-militarizes-region.html SAN RAFAEL LAS FLORES, Guatemala (AP) — The neighbors of the San Rafael silver mine no longer come out of their homes for fear of the machine-gun toting troops and police who man checkpoints in these green, wooded mountains. The plaza in the town of San Rafael Las Flores, where the community used to mingle, is now deserted. The fear that rules this terrai... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 13:34:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2122930-guatemalan-mine-dispute-militarizes-region.html 2013-06-01T13:34:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2120826-balance-power-syria-shifting-assads-way.html BEIRUT (AP) — As hopes for a Syrian peace conference fade and the opposition falls into growing disarray, President Bashar Assad has every reason to project confidence. Government forces have moved steadily against rebels in key areas of the country over the past two months, making strategic advances and considerably lowering the threat to the capital, Da... Fri, 31 May 2013 19:53:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2120826-balance-power-syria-shifting-assads-way.html 2013-05-31T19:53:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115626-syria-assad-will-remain-president-until-2014.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's foreign minister laid out a hard line Wednesday, saying Bashar Assad will remain president at least until elections in 2014 and might seek another term, conditions that will make it difficult for the opposition to agree to U.N.-sponsored talks on ending the civil war. Any deal reached in such talks would have to be put to a referendu... Wed, 29 May 2013 22:25:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115626-syria-assad-will-remain-president-until-2014.html 2013-05-29T22:25:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2116020-switzerland-takes-step-to-tax-dispute-with-us.html GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland said Wednesday it will allow its banks to skirt the country's strict client secrecy laws in order to end a long-running dispute with the United States over tax evasion by American clients with hidden accounts. Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said the Swiss government is acting now because U.S. patience with those Swiss b... Wed, 29 May 2013 21:37:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2116020-switzerland-takes-step-to-tax-dispute-with-us.html 2013-05-29T21:37:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2114786-main-syria-developments.html Here are the main developments in the Syria crisis: DIPLOMACY — A day after the EU allows individual member states to send arms to Syrian rebels, British Foreign Secretary William Hague says his country won't do so until diplomacy has been given a chance. The U.S. and Russia are trying to launch Syria peace talks at a conference in Geneva, possibly next m... Tue, 28 May 2013 19:48:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2114786-main-syria-developments.html 2013-05-28T19:48:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2113476-gunmen-kill-3-lebanese-troops-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen killed three Lebanese soldiers in a drive-by shooting on a government checkpoint near the Syrian border Tuesday, Lebanon's military said, escalating tensions in a country deeply divided by the civil war next door and fearful of being engulfed by the conflict. Sectarian clashes tied to Syria's war have broken out with increasing regula... Tue, 28 May 2013 15:59:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2113476-gunmen-kill-3-lebanese-troops-syria.html 2013-05-28T15:59:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2110756-2-rockets-hit-lebanese-hezbollah-stronghold.html BEIRUT (AP) — A pair of rockets slammed into a car dealership and a residential building in strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in southern Beirut on Sunday, wounding four people and raising fears that Syria's civil war is increasingly spreading into Lebanon. Lebanon's sectarian divide mirrors that of Syria, and Lebanese armed factions have taken s... Sun, 26 May 2013 10:45:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2110756-2-rockets-hit-lebanese-hezbollah-stronghold.html 2013-05-26T10:45:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102136-fishermen-pay-price-asias-volatile-sea-rifts.html MASINLOC, Philippines (AP) — Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It's become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China took control of their fishing haven last year. ... Wed, 22 May 2013 09:33:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2102136-fishermen-pay-price-asias-volatile-sea-rifts.html 2013-05-22T09:33:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099544-death-zimbabwe-unusual-us-charge.html ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man. Prosecutors say the driver, Andrew Pastirik of Woodbridge, Va., was drunk when he struck and kil... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099544-death-zimbabwe-unusual-us-charge.html 2013-05-21T14:16:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099308-chinas-xi-will-meet-obama-earlier-than-expected.html BEIJING (AP) — China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than expected, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea. The June 7-8 meeting at a retreat southeast of Los Angeles, announced Monday by the White House, underlines the imp... Tue, 21 May 2013 09:54:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099308-chinas-xi-will-meet-obama-earlier-than-expected.html 2013-05-21T09:54:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097286-chinas-li-seeks-stronger-economic-ties-with-india.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Indian business leaders Tuesday that developing stronger economic ties between their two nations would have huge benefits for both sides. Li spoke a day after holding meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during which the two leaders played down a recent border dispute and stressed the aim of f... Tue, 21 May 2013 09:16:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097286-chinas-li-seeks-stronger-economic-ties-with-india.html 2013-05-21T09:16:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097226-china-asks-nkorea-to-release-fishing-boat-crew.html BEIJING (AP) — China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies. Boat owner Yu Xuejun, who wasn't aboard, first publicized the seizure on his microblog late Saturday, and on Mond... Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097226-china-asks-nkorea-to-release-fishing-boat-crew.html 2013-05-20T10:30:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. With the regime scoring gains on the battlefield, the U.S. and Russia could f... Sun, 19 May 2013 19:08:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html 2013-05-19T19:08:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties. Premier Li Keqiang met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the two leaders emphasized that efforts sh... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:49:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095896-chinese-premier-visits-india-to-boost-ties.html 2013-05-19T17:49:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086662-china-questions-japan-rule-okinawa.html BEIJING (AP) — China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo's stance. Japan refuses to offer any c... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:03:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2086662-china-questions-japan-rule-okinawa.html 2013-05-15T11:03:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084026-us-diplomat-ordered-to-leave-russia-spy-case.html MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they displayed tradecraft tools that seemed straight from a cheap spy thriller: wigs, packets of cash, a knife, map and compass, and a letter promising millions for "long-term cooperation." The FSB, the... Wed, 15 May 2013 02:18:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084026-us-diplomat-ordered-to-leave-russia-spy-case.html 2013-05-15T02:18:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081728-car-bombs-lead-to-question-turkeys-security.html REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — Anti-government protests flared for a third day on Monday in Turkish town devastated by two powerful car bombs near the Syrian border, and some Turks accused their leader of putting the nation's security at risk by backing the rebels fighting Syria's government. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will "not refrain" fro... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:27:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081728-car-bombs-lead-to-question-turkeys-security.html 2013-05-13T18:27:15Z