Yemen names new oil and interior ministers: state news agency
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen appointed new oil and interior ministers on Friday, state news agency Saba reported, after a series of lethal attacks on security targets and oil facilities.
U.S. State Department says June deadline on Syria chemical weapons at risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday that Syria is at risk of missing a June 30 deadline for disposing of chemical weapons but that the deadline can still be met.
Sri Lanka says suspected wartime mass grave is an old cemetery
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Officials investigating a suspected mass grave in Sri Lanka’s former northern war zone called off the digging on Friday because the 83 skeletons unearthed there seem to have been buried in an old cemetery.
Sarkozy’s phone tapped by investigators: Le Monde
PARIS (Reuters) – Nicolas Sarkozy’s phone was tapped during a judicial probe into financing for his 2007 election campaign, Le Monde newspaper reported, potentially presenting a new hurdle for the former French president who is widely expected to run f…
South Africa, Rwanda expel diplomats in row over Rwandan exiles
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats it linked to a raid on an exiled Rwandan general’s Johannesburg home, and Rwanda has retaliated by ordering out six South African envoys, officials said on Friday.
U.N. says almost all Muslims have fled Central African capital
GENEVA (Reuters) – Fewer than 1,000 remain of more than 100,000 Muslims who once lived in the capital of the Central African Republic, after a campaign of violence by Christian militias, the U.N. aid chief said on Friday.
Gaza Palestinians protest Egypt’s Hamas ban
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian protesters raised banners and placards on Friday in the Gaza Strip condemning neighboring Egypt’s ban on activities of the Hamas Islamist group.
Zimbabwe’s opposition suspends official who asked leader to quit
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Friday suspended a senior official who had asked party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to quit, a move which has divided a party recovering from election defeat last year.
Turkish president rejects Facebook, YouTube ban over wiretaps
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s president on Friday ruled out any ban on Facebook and YouTube after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the sites could be shut to stop his foes anonymously posting audio recordings purportedly exposing corruption in his in…
Saudi Arabia designates Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, in a move that could increase pressure on Qatar whose backing for the group has sparked a row with fellow Gulf monarchies.
