Egypt hires German firm to bore transport tunnels under Suez Canal
CAIRO/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Egypt will use machines made by a German firm to bore at least four tunnels under the Suez Canal, part of an $8 billion project to expand the waterway that the government hopes will raise revenues and foreign currency reserv…
Sudan asks U.N. mission in Darfur to prepare to leave
KHARTOUM, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Sudan has asked the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur to prepare to leave, a senior official said amid a dispute between the United Nations and Khartoum over an alleged mass rape in the region.
Turkey, U.S. play down differences on fight against Islamic State
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey and the United States played down differences in the fight against Islamic State on Friday, but Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu made clear Ankara would keep pressing for a no-fly zone in Syria and President Bashar al-Assad’s …
China building South China Sea island big enough for airstrip: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite images show China is building an island on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands large enough to accommodate what could be its first offshore airstrip in the South China Sea, a leading defense publication said on Frida…
Biden voices support for Ukraine, denounces Russia’s Putin
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday condemned Russia’s behaviour in Ukraine as “unacceptable” and said Moscow should abide by a September peace deal and pull its military forces out of the country.
Icelandic interior minister quits after immigration scandal
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – Iceland’s minister of the interior quit on Friday after her assistant was convicted last week of illegally leaking information about an asylum seeker to media a year ago.
Torturers of Chilean President’s father sentenced to jail
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A Chilean judge on Friday sentenced two retired colonels to prison for the torture of President Michelle Bachelet’s father which indirectly led to his death during the early days of General Augusto Pinochet’s 1973-1990 dictatorship…
Obama will visit India again as ties expand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will attend India’s Republic Day celebrations in January as chief guest, a sign of steadily expanding ties between two countries that share concerns about China’s growing power in Asia.
Up to 80 people killed by suspected Ugandan rebels in Congo: group
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Suspected Ugandan ADF-NALU rebels have killed between 50 and 80 people in attacks near the eastern Congolese town of Beni, slitting the throats of many of their victims, local sources and witnesses said on Friday.
Zambia’s President Scott suspended as ruling party leader
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s ruling Patriotic Front (PF) said on Friday it had suspended President Guy Scott as acting head of the party for “unconstitutional conduct”, in the latest twist of a bitter power struggle ahead of a January election.
