Abyei, Sudan welcome U.N.-backed referendum in disputed region
ABYEI (Reuters) – Abyei and Sudanese officials welcomed a push by the African Union to involve the U.N. Security Council in helping plan a referendum to resolve a dispute in the remote border region.
Scotland breakaway vote a risk to national security, Britain says
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s national security could be weakened if Scotland votes to leave the United Kingdom next year, the British government said on Tuesday.
Russia lays new theft charges against Putin foe Navalny
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic said on Tuesday he had been served with new theft and money laundering charges, describing them as a part of an attempt to “terrorize” those who displease authorities.
EU makes new bid for deal on Ukraine’s jailed Tymoshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – European Union mediators resumed a push on Tuesday to secure the release of jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, with EU politicians warning time was running out before the signing of a landmark trade agreement next mon…
Can Merkel really be surprised the NSA spied on her?
BERLIN (Reuters) – When Angela Merkel was growing up in communist East Germany, she recalls her parents getting nervous whenever she talked for too long on the phone. “Hang up! The Stasi is listening and it’s all being recorded,” warned her mother, acc…
Defiant Israel returns to U.N. rights forum
GENEVA (Reuters) – Israel appeared before the main United Nations human rights body on Tuesday, ending a 20-month boycott of the Geneva forum which it accuses of bias against the Jewish state.
Syrian deputy PM dismissed after U.S. talks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s deputy prime minister, Qadri Jamil, was dismissed on Tuesday for leaving the country and acting without government permission after meeting U.S. officials in Switzerland, state media said.
Central Bank falls victim to Libya’s rampant crime, anarchy
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Gunmen rob millions from Libya’s central bank. Boatloads of protesters storm an oil terminal like pirates. Tribesmen block a port – and contradict the prime minister when he tells the nation it will reopen soon.
Sudan arrests seven university professors in crackdown on protests
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese authorities arrested seven university professors, a human rights lawyer said on Monday, extending a crackdown on opposition activists after fuel price increases touched off the country’s worst unrest for years.
Egypt arrests al Qaeda militant previously jailed for Sadat murder
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities have arrested an Islamist militant jailed over the assassination of Anwar Sadat, for plotting bomb attacks on behalf of al Qaeda since his release from prison in 2012, security sources said on Tuesday.
