Italy PM Renzi says Ukraine sovereignty must be respected
KIEV (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi backed European efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine on Wednesday, saying Rome was fully committed to preserving the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Warplanes strike airport in Libyan town, limited damage
BENGHAZI, Tripoli (Reuters) – Two unidentified warplanes on Wednesday bombed the airport of the western Libyan town of Zintan, allied with the country’s internationally recognized government, damaging electricity systems but not the runway, a local off…
Sixteen injured in fire at Cairo convention centre
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 16 people were injured on Wednesday when a large fire broke out at a convention centre in a northeastern Cairo neighbourhood, medical and security sources said.
Egypt’s cabinet approves long-awaited investment law
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s cabinet approved a long-awaited draft law on investment on Wednesday, aimed at making deals less vulnerable to legal disputes or changes in government, and reducing stifling bureaucracy.
Indian home minister to investigate rape documentary
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s home minister said on Wednesday he would investigate how a film crew managed to interview a death row convict who expressed no remorse for his part in the fatal gang rape of a woman in New Delhi in 2012, an attack that spa…
Russia’s Putin says doesn’t want repetition of gas conflicts with Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he didn’t want gas conflicts with Ukraine similar to those in the past.
French judge issues international arrest warrants for suspects in 1982 Jewish attack
PARIS(Reuters) – A French magistrate has issued international arrest warrants for three men living in Oslo, Ramallah and Jordan, suspected of carrying out an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris in 1982 that killed six people, a judicial source said….
Egypt upholds police sentence over death that stirred Mubarak revolt
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court upheld a 10-year prison sentence on Wednesday imposed on two policemen for torturing an activist to death in 2010, judicial sources said, an incident that helped trigger the uprising that toppled veteran autocrat Hos…
Egypt upholds police sentence over death that stirred Mubarak revolt
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court upheld a 10-year prison sentence on Wednesday imposed on two policemen for torturing an activist to death in 2010, judicial sources said, an incident that helped trigger the uprising that toppled veteran autocrat Hos…
U.S. says ‘seriously concerned’ about North Korea’s nuclear work
(Reuters) – The United States remain seriously concerned about North Korea’s nuclear work which it said breached international agreements, it said on Wednesday, a day after the isolated Asian country said it had the power to deter a U.S. “nuclear threa…
