Egypt lists top Brotherhood leader, 17 others as terrorists: state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor has listed the Muslim Brotherhood’s leader and 17 other top members of the group as terrorists, state media said on Sunday, part of a sustained crackdown by the authorities on Islamists.
Sarkozy leads French local election, far-right makes voting gains: exit poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative UMP party and its allies led in the second and final round of French local elections on Sunday, a BFMTV exit poll by pollsters CSA showed.
Pakistan evacuates hundreds during pause in Yemen strikes: Saudi official
PESHAWAR (Reuters) – Pakistan evacuated about 500 of its nationals by plane from Yemen on Sunday during a brief pause in air strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition against Shi’ite Muslim Houthi forces, a Saudi military spokesman said.
Enemy fire, booby-traps delay Iraqi forces’ advance in Tikrit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces battled Islamic State militants in central Tikrit on Sunday as the United States and its allies provided aerial support and local officials warned that the battle to retake the Sunni Muslim city would not be qu…
Turkey detains five Dutch people seeking to enter Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish security forces have detained five Dutch citizens who were trying to cross the border illegally from Turkey into Syria, the Turkish military said in a statement on Sunday.
Nigeria opposition protests presidential vote in oil state
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) – Confusion and sporadic violence blighted Nigeria’s tensest presidential election since the end of army rule, with opposition supporters disputing results on Sunday from a turbulent southern state even before they were…
Tanzania president warns of rising religious tensions before referendum
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s president said tensions between Muslims and Christians were rising ahead of a constitutional referendum and elections and warned religious leaders against political meddling, saying this could stoke violence.
Fifth Kenyan minister steps aside to make way for graft probe
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A fifth Kenyan government minister vacated her post on Sunday, three days after President Uhuru Kenyatta said officials cited in a report by an anti-corruption watchdog should step aside pending investigation.
Afghan court sentences AP photojournalist’s killer to 20 years in jail
KABUL (Reuters) – An Afghan police officer who shot and killed a veteran Associated Press photographer during the country’s 2014 presidential election has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, a Supreme Court official told Reuters on Sunday.
Singapore stands still as nation bids farewell to founding father Lee
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Grieving Singaporeans were joined by world leaders on Sunday to pay their final respects to the country’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, as the nation came to a near-halt to honor its “founding father”.
