Morocco’s Islamic women preachers lead social revolution
CASABLANCA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Girls are “like a timebomb ready to explode and ruin the family’s reputation”, the Moroccan jewelry trader tells his customer as she admires a display of necklaces.
UK’s Prince Charles to meet Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams for first time
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Charles is to meet Gerry Adams in Ireland on Tuesday, the first time the leader of the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) has met a senior member of the royal family, his Sinn Fein party said.
Egypt security forces step up sexual violence since Mursi’s ouster-human rights group
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces have stepped up sexual violence since the military overthrew the country’s first freely elected president in 2013, a human rights group alleged on Tuesday.
Pakistan military says its spies will cooperate with Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – After years of antagonism and accusations, spy agencies in Pakistan and Afghanistan will now share information, the Pakistani military said, in another sign frosty relations between the neighbors may be gradually thawing.
Drone strike kills five suspected militants in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s northwestern Shawal Valley has killed at least five militants, three Pakistani intelligence sources said on Tuesday.
Women activists leave for North Korea and DMZ peace march
BEIJING (Reuters) – With tears, songs and laughter, 30 women activists set off from Beijing on Tuesday on a controversial trip to North Korea, where they will cross the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) to the South in a call for peace on the …
Indonesian ambassador to Pakistan dies 11 days after helicopter crash
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s ambassador to Pakistan died on Tuesday, 11 days after he was injured in a helicopter crash in northern Pakistan that killed seven others, Indonesia’s foreign minister said.
Iran uses maritime confrontations to project power in Gulf
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran is using its sea power in the Gulf to show it will not be cowed by Washington’s newly assertive Arab allies, prompting critics to accuse Tehran of destabilizing the region.
Ousted Thai PM Thaksin says no plans to mobilize supporters
SEOUL (Reuters) – Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, said on Tuesday he had no plans to mobilize his “Red Shirt” supporters but called the first year of the junta government which came to power in a coup “not so impressive”….
Australian PM Abbott closes door on foreign fighters coming home
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday ruled out an amnesty for Australian citizens seeking to quit foreign militant groups and return home in the wake of media reports that his government was negotiating with potential def…
