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Somali Islamists threaten more carnage after attack on U.N. base

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab rebel group threatened to keep attacking "disbelievers" without respite, a day after launching a deadly assault against the United Nations in the capital Mogadishu.Created less than a minute ago
China, euro zone threaten U.S.-led economic recovery



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LONDON (Reuters) - Factory output in China, the world's second largest economy, weakened to a nine-month low in June, combining with a continued recession in the euro zone to threaten a global recovery led by the United States.Created 6 minutes ago
Hacking threat and tougher data laws promise insurance boom

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LONDON (Reuters) - For European insurers frustrated that "cyber crime" policies have so far failed to find a ready market among skeptical companies, hope may be at hand.Created 10 minutes ago
Lebanese president urges Hezbollah to pull out of Syria

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Michel Suleiman has called on the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah movement to pull its guerrillas out of Syria, saying any further involvement in its neighbor's civil war would fuel instability in Lebanon.Created 21 minutes ago
Iraq says proxy war over Syria threatens its neutrality



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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is being buffeted by both sides in the civil war raging across its border in Syria and Baghdad's official policy of neutrality is at risk as the conflict spirals into a region-wide proxy war, its foreign minister said.Created 29 minutes ago
ICC says Kenyan president's trial to start on Nov 12

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The war crimes trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will begin on November 12, judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled on Thursday, accepting his lawyers' request for more time to prepare his defense.Created 30 minutes ago
Lehman Europe creditors to get further $5.5 billion payout



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LONDON (Reuters) - More than 1,000 creditors of the European operations of failed U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers will share a 3.5 billion pound ($5.5 billion) payout next week, its administrators said on Thursday.Created 34 minutes ago
Italy PM sees no impact on government from Berlusconi trials

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ROME (Reuters) - Italian center-left Prime Minister Enrico Letta declared on Thursday that a series of criminal trials involving center-right leader Silvio Berlusconi would have no impact on the functioning of the coalition government between their two parties.Created 45 minutes ago
Airbus wins firm orders worth $39.3 billion at show

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PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus said it won orders and commitments at the Paris Airshow for 466 aircraft worth a total of $68.7 billion based on list prices.Created 50 minutes ago
Pirate Bay founder sentenced to 2 years in Sweden hacking case

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A co-founder of file-sharing website Pirate Bay was sentenced to two years in jail on Thursday for hacking into computers at a company that manages data for Swedish authorities and making illegal online money transfers, a court said.Created 55 minutes ago
Afghan peace bid stumbles on Kabul-Taliban protocol row



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DOHA (Reuters) - A fresh effort to end Afghanistan's 12-year-old war looked in disarray on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban's new Qatar office delayed preliminary discussions between the United States and the Islamist insurgents.Created about an hour ago
End to Fed stimulus, China slowdown rattles swathe of world investments



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LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's explicit signal it will stop pumping money into the world economy and data showing China's economy slowing down swept across financial markets on Thursday, sinking bonds, shares and commodities alike.Created about an hour ago
Beckham looks to the future to improve Chinese game



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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese football ambassador David Beckham drew a line under the country's shady soccer history on Thursday, saying he hoped to inspire the local children back to the sport.Created about an hour ago
German insurance claims for flood damage may be nearly $8 billion: AIR



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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Insurance claims for flood damage in Germany may be as much as 6 billion euros ($8 billion), catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide said on Thursday, after the worst flooding in a decade.Created about an hour ago
Trial of 'Whitey' Bulger returns to evidence of murders



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BOSTON (Reuters) - The trial of James "Whitey" Bulger on Thursday turns back to evidence of the 19 murders the alleged mob boss is accused of committing or ordering while he ran the ruthless Winter Hill crime gang in the 1970s and '80s.Created about an hour ago
Pirate Bay founder sentenced to two years in Sweden hacking case

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A co-founder of file-sharing website Pirate Bay was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday after being found guilty of hacking into computers at a company that manages data for the Swedish tax authority, the court said.Created about an hour ago
Insight: Chinese whispers: Who wants to bet on the 'Nicaragua Canal'?



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MANAGUA/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - For centuries since the colonization of the New World, entrepreneurs have dreamed of building a canal spanning Nicaragua to make it easier to tap Asia's riches.Created 1 hour ago
French watchdog tells Google to change privacy policy



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PARIS (Reuters) - France's data protection watchdog ordered Google on Thursday to change its privacy policy or face fines, leading a Europe-wide push to get the Internet giant to clarify its intentions and methods for collecting user data.Created 1 hour ago
French data watchdog tells Google to change privacy policy



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PARIS (Reuters) - France's data protection watchdog ordered Google on Thursday to change its privacy policy or face fines, heading an EU-wide push to get the Internet giant to better spell out its intentions and methods for collecting user data.Created 2 hours ago
Euro zone business slump eases but second quarter contraction likely: PMI

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LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone's private sector slump has eased more than expected this month, business surveys showed on Thursday, but a continued slide in new orders suggested a full recovery is still some way off.Created 2 hours ago
