Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt will double to one kilometre (0.62 mile) the depth of a security buffer zone it is clearing on its border with the Gaza Strip after some of the worst anti-state violence since President Mohamed Mursi was overthrown last year.
Embattled Somali PM tells ministers to resign if they are unhappy
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s prime minister told cabinet ministers on Monday to resign if they are unhappy, intensifying a dispute which has stymied efforts to rebuild the country after decades of war.
Indonesian president raises subsidized fuel price by over 30 percent
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president raised the price of subsidized gasoline and diesel by more than 30 percent on Monday, a move that could save Southeast Asia’s biggest economy 100 trillion rupiah next year.
South Africa opposition pursues assault charges after parliament brawl
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s main opposition party said on Monday it had asked law-enforcement authorities to charge a government minister and police with assault after several of its parliamentary deputies were injured during a brawl.
Czechs mark Velvet Revolution anniversary with red cards and candles
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czechs marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in Prague on Monday by again marching in protest, this time waving red cards rather than jangling their keys to serve notice to unpopular rulers.
Turkish media linked to exiled cleric say they shut out by government
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish media close to a U.S.-based Islamic preacher accused by President Tayyip Erdogan of seeking to usurp power say they have been shut out of government press events in a move they see as evidence of Turkey’s deteriorating pres…
Americans suspected of trying to ship baby body parts flee Thailand: police
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police said on Monday two Americans suspected of trying to send infant and adult body parts in parcels to the United States had fled the country.
Bosnia police arrest 12 for warcrimes near biggest mass grave site
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian police on Monday arrested 12 Bosnian Serbs suspected of crimes against humanity over an attack early in the country’s 1992-95 war in which 150 Muslim Bosniaks, including women and children, were killed and their bodies dump…
China’s ‘Fox Hunt’ grabs 288 suspects in worldwide anti-graft net
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has arrested 288 fugitives suspected of committing economic crimes as part of an aggressive anti-corruption effort aimed at individuals who have fled abroad, the official government news agency Xinhua said.
Incoming Romanian president pushes crackdown on corruption
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s president-elect Klaus Iohannis urged parliament on Monday to scrap a corruption amnesty bill, moving swiftly to make good on a campaign promise and allay EU fears over graft in the country.
