Egypt tourist numbers jump 70 percent in third quarter despite Sinai insurgency
CAIRO (Reuters) – A total of 2.77 million tourists visited Egypt in the third quarter of 2013, official figures show, a jump of 70 percent compared to the same period last year despite an Islamist insurgency in North Sinai.
Former mayor of Rome investigated in mafia probe
ROME (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors searched the house of the former mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno on Tuesday as part of a mafia corruption investigation implicating a number of current and former officials.
Algerian army says captures foreign smugglers on Niger border
ALGIERS (Reuters) – The Algerian army has arrested more than 50 foreign smugglers not far from the borders with Niger as the North African state tightens controls on its frontiers to halt Islamist militant attacks, a defense ministry statement said on …
U.S. diplomat to visit Asia over North Korea policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. diplomat handling North Korea will travel to South Korea, Japan and China later this week to meet with officials and discuss policy toward the isolated country, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
Netanyahu calls for early parliamentary election in Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would dissolve parliament and seek early elections and ordered the dismissal of his Finance and Justice ministers.
European court condemns Turkey for discriminating against Alevis
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights condemned Turkey on Tuesday for discriminating against members of the Alevi religious minority by failing to grant their places of worship the same status and advantages as those of othe…
French parliament to call for recognition of Palestinian state
PARIS (Reuters) – French lawmakers are set to vote on Tuesday to call on the government to recognize Palestine, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France’s diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled peac…
U.N. experts urge Texas to halt execution of mentally ill inmate
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights investigators called on the state of Texas and U.S. federal authorities to halt the execution of a man with a history of mental illness, scheduled for Wednesday.
Romanian PM loses second ally after election defeat
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta lost a second ally on Tuesday when a small party led by a media tycoon withdrew its parliamentary support, days after another party quit his ruling coalition, making further exits seem possible…
At least 39 dead in Monday insurgent attack in north Nigeria
DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suspected Boko Haram insurgent attack on a state capital in northeast Nigeria on Monday killed at least 39 people, a hospital morgue source said on Tuesday, giving the first reported death toll from the violence.
