Central African Republic’s new leader orders security crackdown
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s new interim leader ordered the deployment of hundreds more troops in the capital Bangui on Monday with instructions to shoot troublemakers “at point blank range” in a bid to end months of religious violence…
Nigerian leader signs anti-gay law, drawing U.S. fire
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill on Monday that criminalizes same-sex relationships, defying Western pressure over gay rights and provoking criticism from the United States.
Analysis: Erdogan may prevail at high cost in Turkey’s political civil war
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan looks to have the upper hand in a civil war rocking Turkey’s political establishment, but his bid to break the influence of a potent Islamic cleric could roll back reforms and undermine hard-won busine…
Car bombs kill at least 25 people in Iraqi capital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Four car bombs killed at least 25 people in Shi’ite Muslim districts of Baghdad on Monday, police said, in violence that coincided with a visit to the Iraqi capital by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
IAEA gains more Iran access, but not enough for bomb probe
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s increased access in Iran to monitor a landmark agreement with world powers still falls short of what it says it needs to investigate suspicions that Tehran may have worked on designing an atomic bomb.
India anti-graft party shelves foreign supermarket entry into Delhi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The newly elected provincial government in India’s national capital on Monday barred foreign supermarkets from setting up shop, a blow to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s efforts to attract overseas investment and revive the econom…
Pakistan lawmaker arrested for private dungeon, attack on police
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani legislator has been arrested for running a private dungeon at his home in which five people were found chained up, two of them for several years, police said on Monday.
UAE premier: Egypt’s Sisi could run as a civilian
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates prime minister said on Monday Egypt’s army chief should not run as a military man for president, but if he stood as a civilian that would be a personal matter, the Gulf state’s official news agency reported.
Pope calls for renewed political will to end Syrian conflict
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday called for renewed political will to end the conflict in Syria and lamented a “general indifference” to the plight of refugees around the world.
Iraq’s Maliki to revive Sunni militia role against al Qaeda
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in a striking change of course, is embracing the Sunni Muslim tribal fighters whose role in combating al Qaeda he had allowed to wither after U.S. troops left two years ago.
